LED DISPLAYS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Light Emitting Diode Holiday Green Idea
These Led DISPLAY Lights are awesome. They give off the same light for 2 watts a stringer. For those of you not versed in the watt conversion, that is 50 stringers, (2500 bulbs) = 1 standard light bulb.
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May 10th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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I agree. The compact fluorescent bulbs are a good stop gap measure to energy consumption, but the LED’s are even more efficient and, like you said, don’t have the mercury that fluorescent bulbs have. As the prices of LED’s drop, we’ll see more and more use of those and less use of other types of bulbs. It is an enigma to me to ponder why the incandescent bulbs remained the mainstay for so long? I can see where HID lighting comes in handy, but LED’s for general use is coming.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Wow, too bad I just …
Wow, too bad I just saw this posting on Dec. 23! We have sold LEDs on white wire for at least three years! I don’t think you’ll find much white corded LEDs at the big retail stores. If you want, click my user name to find our web address or search Google for “White cord LED light strings.”
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Great videos guys! …
Great videos guys! 5/5 Everytime! That’s what we run on our tree and house!
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Not sure but each …
Not sure but each year they get more styles and the price goes down. I think you can find what you are looking for this year.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
This Christmas I am …
This Christmas I am thinking of changing to LED lights for our Christmas tree. I only have one question. Do LED lights come on white wires with single color bulbs? Our tree is white and I think that green wire on a white tree would look horendous.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
You need to look at …
You need to look at FullWaveLeds. There are a few companies selling them. You generally can’t find them at big stores because they are higher quality and more expensive to produce.
Full wave leds have been around for at least three years.
Good point about the store displays–they are run on batteries, so there is no oscillation–no half wave (flickering) lights when run on DC power.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Well, almost every …
Well, almost every set of lights in my display is brand new…
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Good quality LED …
Good quality LED lights are actually LESS expensive when you look beyond shelf price.
For instance, 100 incandescent mini lites use 38 watts of power. At ten cents per kilowatt-hour you’d pay $1.37 for 30 days’ use. If your LEDs used 4 watts, your cost would be $0.07 (seven cents)!
Multiply those times 20 strings (if you use that few) and the numbers are $27.40 and $1.40 respectively. This is a 95% savings!
And we’re not even counting the fact that your incand. lights won’t work next year.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Nice video, nicely …
Nice video, nicely done! Wondering why the meter at 1:12 reads 0.04 though your voiceover says “Four watts.” Your Kill-A-Watt meter is set to something other than Watts, because four watts would be about right for two LED light strings.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
This technology is …
This technology is available and has been for a few years already. However, the big box stores won’t carry them because they are volume dealers. Just like LED Christmas lights–we sold them for five years before the big stores would even touch them. Now, they are making them cheap–as in cheap quality. Yes, there are vast quality differences. Talk to a dealer who knows their product. Ask about Full- vs Half-wave, for example. If they don’t know what it is, go someplace else.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
& 10 times more …
& 10 times more EXPENSIVE!
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
i am going to uy …
i am going to uy some led lights this christmas,
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
i use solar powered …
i use solar powered christmas lights to see at night year round on my sailboat, good job!
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
The christmass led …
The christmass led lights are tried and proved and work well saving juice and money. What Im waiting for is the technology that puts led lighting as a replacement for incandesant or cpl lighting. Thats going to revolutionise things!
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Cut up all her …
Cut up all her credit cards! LOL
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
ptryba – Watts are …
ptryba – Watts are more like a measure of how powerful something is, the useful energy it supplies to its work. A device rated at 38 watts used over the period of one hour would be 38 watt hours (.038 kilowatt hours, the unit most if not all power suppliers use when charging you)
.038 * 24 = .91 kwh, nearly 1 kilowatt hour… See your power bill for the cost of 1 kilowatt, for me it is roughly 8 cents once I factor in taxes and other additional fees.
Hope that helps out a bit.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I would like to …
I would like to decorate her tree!
No really..
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Hi Denise; Nice to …
Hi Denise; Nice to see you again.
You know; Dan Never makes a boring video. But; Then, neather do you. Come on girl. Give us MORE.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
So nice to see you …
So nice to see you again Denise!! Merry Christmas to you if I don’t see ya again
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I was wondering if …
I was wondering if the 100 stringer was 38W an hour??
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
But the money …
But the money you’ll save on LED’s is counter acting that isn’t it?…heh.
LED lights rock, no more broken bulbs no more hassles.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
My neighbor down …
My neighbor down the road had 35,000 conventional old school lights strung across 4 acres. He had a 400 amp service on his house and an additional 200 amp service on the drive way. He has a 480v 3ph 600 amp service on his shop. I am afraid to ask what his power bill is, but you may be able to see the lights from the space station.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
You tell ‘em, …
You tell ‘em, Denise! Wonderfully produced video!
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
LED light bulbs are …
LED light bulbs are the future, not the other mercury infested stuff propagated as a mainstream alternative by Govts
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
scrooges…. lol …
scrooges…. lol now make a video of how to save money in the gift giving frenzy that my wife is on.