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Loading ...Hopefully you’re considering switching to LED lights this holiday season.
LED rope light consumes very little energy (it depends a bit on spacing but generally only about .47 watts per foot.) Comparable incandescent rope lighting consumes about 6 watts per foot. LED rope lighting will also last for more than 50,000 hours and also generates very little heat so it is much safer.
Based on the recent national average cost of electricity, it will cost the average household $9.00 for a 30 day holiday season to illuminate a single Christmas tree with 5 strings of 25 lamp incandescent string lights. In contrast the cost to illuminate the same Christmas tree for the same period of time with LED string lighting would be $.90. This may not seem like a lot of money but the average household typically illuminates more than just a Christmas tree. Many homes will use in excess of 50 strings of lighting during the holiday season. This would increase the cost savings to nearly $90 per season.
Perhaps more importantly is the cost of the lights themselves. Because LED string lighting will last nearly 10 times longer than standard incandescent string lighting, this means the consumer will have to replace Christmas lights much less frequently. At an average cost of $5.99 per 25 lamp string of incandescent string lighting, this would mean that the average household would spend approximately $300 for lighting to last that same period that would cost only $100 if LED string lighting were used.
And for you holiday lighting fanatics out there (you know the ones whose homes single-handedly cause regional blackouts) the costs savings cannot be ignored.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Great idea, the problem was actually finding LED lights, seems like everyone bought out Targets stock this year, they had a ton of the older lights, but few if any of the newer LEDs, and I think marketing wasn’t doing a very good job of explaining why LEDs are superior. I got a string and hung them outside my apt, I like them a lot, they look good, but the wire is really thin. I assume due to the lower wattage the company (Phillips) went with a higher gauge wire (thiner), not sure if it’s less durable, but you can wrap the wires around things easily and it looks great. not sure if I can get them off as easily, but we’ll see in a day or so.