About LED Icicle Christmas Lights
According to product suppliers like Christmas Lights Etc. and other holiday decoration suppliers, LED Christmas lights have grown in popularity thanks to today’s green-thinking society. Individuals as well as state and city governments are turning to the energy-efficient lights to save energy and money. Available in various sizes, shapes and colors, icicle strands remain a go-to style for many holiday decorators. Does this Spark an idea?
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Function
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LED lights use a chip like a computer to produce light. Unlike traditional incandescent lights that use filaments to produce light, LED, or Light Emitting Diodes, use a chip, similar to those in computers, to convert energy into light. Incandescent lights waste energy heating the filament to produce light, making the bulb very hot. No heat is required in LED lights, so bulbs remain cool and are less likely to break. They can also be covered in plastic, further boosting their durability.
Benefits
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Christmas Lights Etc., a supplier of LED Christmas lights, claims LED lights use 80 to 90 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. Other suppliers offer similar numbers in the 85 percent range. Christmas USA, which sells the EnergyRight Super Bright LED Icicle Lights, claims the product saves more than 80 percent in energy costs.
EnergyRight LED Icicle Lights will continue to operate with a loose, missing or burned-out bulb, and bulbs are interchangeable.
LED lights are valued for their long life, and because Christmas lights are used seasonally, their life is extended beyond the 20-year mark, according to Christmas Lights Etc., LED lights can last from 50,000 to 100,000 hours.
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Styles and Features
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LED icicle lights can be found in a variety of lengths and colors, but most often are sold in blue or white. Because strings continue to work if a bulb dies, it is easy to replace bad bulbs. Like other Christmas lights, LED icicles can be strung together to meet decorating needs.
Consumer Reviews
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Consumers note LED Christmas lights are long lasting and use less power. One Amazon.com shopper who ordered eight strands of icicle lights had this to say: “They look like they will all last for many seasons, the wire is fairly heavy gauge and the bulbs will not break easily while hanging them. They are very bright, and look good.”
Another shopper stated, “Not only do these lights draw a fraction of the power of regular lights, but they actually have a similar color to real ice!” Both shoppers noted their white lights had a blue tint.
Prices and Availability
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LED icicle Christmas lights are available at most stores that provide other Christmas decorations, and are readily available at a number of sites online. Christmas USA offers EnergyRight LED lights for a case price of $324 (18 light sets, cost per light set $18) as of 2010. Christmas Lights Etc. offers 70 LED sets in multicolored, sapphire blue, white and green for between $20 and $30. C7LED falling icicle bulb is $9.95. Comparison shopping site NexTag lists various brands, styles and colors ranging from $17 to $40.
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