I was just thinking about the LED string failures in the FX blades. I have about 6 of these LED strings laying around and I was playing around with them and an external power source.

I noticed that when an LED was out, all I need to do to bring it back to life was to flex the LED string a little. So with what looks like a bad connection in mind, I wired around the solder run embedded in the wafer and what do you know, works like new.

I'm not sure if this was just a poor design or cheap design. As long as you don't strike the blade or bend it for that matter, usually the LEDs do not fail. But my most used Vader ESB finally started to have LED flicker at the tip, and it was right after my son let the ceiling fan pop the tip. Go figure....

But with this in mind, these LEDs can be used for other purposes. SO don't toss them.

P.S. If you do decide not to keep them, send them to me.. I'll pay shipping... LOL