Hello,
I change the leds, using a leister hot air gun, you just have to be careful to align the lenses afterwards, 80% success rate 1st time, the amount of leds on each stick are staggered but I use a redundant laptop psu (19v) After splitting the strips. Obviously the sticks with 5 lamps on each stick will be dimmer. They can go s\c or o\c, the hardest part isn't replacing the lights, it's re-aligning the lenses. If you want the address for obtaining the leds I'll dig it out. They come in rolls of 1000 but cost peanuts.