-this is interesting.5 LEDs do not light in each light.
-maybe the people who payed for it were prepared for this kind of attrition rate(?)
-I originally though that the leds may be specially made to fail short, so as to keep current flow to other leds in the lite of failures.....but alas no, AudioGuru says they are randomly spread.
196 leds cheaply paralleled......requires voltage of ~124V and no heatsink, wheras a single 196 led string needs ~490V and no heatsink.
49 124mA rated leds in series would also require ~124V, but likely needs a heatsink of alu behind the led pcb.....difficult to mount a alu piece behind the led pcb as the 'stubs' of the PTH LED legs stick through.