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My LED Christmas

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

I switched over to LED Christmas lights last year. The new LED mini lights are so much more efficient than the old incandescent bulbs, and they last 50,000 or more hours. No more spending 4 hours trying to figure out which bulb is out every year.

The uses for this new LED technology are cropping up all over the place. We had them installed around the bottom edge of our deck railing to light the deck with ambient soft light during a late even get-together. The installer was even able to make bends and splits that were impossible older style lights.

Also, when you use these LED mini lights as your LED Xmas lights, you can attach them end to end for long distances. Now anyone can get good coverage on the tree when I have that many lights available to me.

These LED Christmas tree lights run much cooler than a standard bulb so they are much safer than older-style bulbs. They run just 1 degree over the current room temperature so they are basically cool to the touch. That’s another nice feature if you have kids or kids visit during the Holidays.