Patent ID: 8450935

Claim:
An LED series connected light string comprising: a. a plurality of LEDs connectable to an AC power source; b. said LEDs being connected with uniform polarity; c. at least one of said LEDs intended for twinkling, flashing or emit any light pattern or color desired and including a controller; said controller being wired to the at least one LED and which changes the current flows through LED, thereby causing its series connected LED to change color, twinkle, flash or emit a light pattern in response to switching of the controller; d. a current supplying capacitive energy storage element connected in parallel with said controller and the LED being in series with each other; said element supplying current to said controller to maintain said controller operational and preventing it from resetting for lack of power at least for a predetermined period of time when current supplied to the circuit is reverse polarity; and e. wherein said at least one LED is mechanically removable from the light string, and wherein said current supplying element are mechanically linked and integral to each other and removable only simultaneously from the light string, such that the current supplying element is never connected to the circuit without it corresponding connected controller.