Learn About LED Christmas Lights

You’ve probably thought about switching from traditional incandescent bulbs to Carbon Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs. Now there’s new technology available, Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs which are significantly more efficient. The biggest drawback to the new LED lights is the cost of the bulbs. The technology is still under development for home lighting fixtures as currently the light emitted has a narrow focus like you see with a flashlight.  

The best use for low watt LED bulbs is nightlights, accent lighting and focused lighting, especially in difficult to replace situations like exterior floodlights requiring a ladder to replace the bulb. 

Christmas Lights are Accent Lighting

• Roughly 90% more efficient than incandescent lights.
• More resistant to damage than conventional lights as they consist of solid-state construction, with a useful life of 35,000 hrs or 4 years of continuous operation.
• When one light goes out on a string, the others stay lit.
• Safety is a key factor as the epoxy plastic that surrounds the LED bulbs is cool to the touch.

Another major safety advantage of LED lights is safety in how many strings of bulbs can be connected together, and plugged into a single outlet. While the simple rule of thumb is no more than 3 strands per outlet for traditional Christmas lights, each home is different and you visit Centsible Holiday Lighting too calculate the numbers for yourself.

Another type of exterior holiday lighting is solar powered using the same technology as solar yard lights with differenc color choices, and some that blink on and off following Christmas lighting tradition. As long as the location where you want to put the lights gets direct sunlight, you can use them or some now will let you put the light collecting source in one locaton and the lights themselves somewhere else with wiring between.