Led Christmas Lights
Led Christmas Lights questions and answers
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Q: Do white LED Christmas lights make good grow lights?
I saw online companies that make LED grow lights but they were super expensive and looked like christmas lights mounted in peg board so I was thinking I could build one with stuff from home depot
A: Christmas lights aren't strong enough. Regular fluorescent tube bulbs are inexpensive and work fine. Just make sure you place them within inches of the plants.
Q: I have a strand of LED christmas lights, but only half of the strand is working? Whats wrong!?
A: Since LED's have a very long life, the problem is more than likely a bad connection. It's opened because of poor workmanship. You can examine the string very carefully but I doubt that you could fix it even if you could find it. They just weren't built to be repaired.
Q: Do you prefer LED or regular Christmas lights?
I know that LED light sets save a lot of energy. Which kind do you prefer (LED or regular light bulbs)?
A: LED lasts much longer so you'll get more use out of them. Plus, they are brighter.
Q: Wiring up LED Christmas lights ???
Hi there,
I've finally had enough of the old christmas light bulbs, they are forever going out and after you've changed about 8 or 10 bulbs for the geniune spares which cost 25p each they still just keep blowing bulbs (which is always on xmas morning and right at the back of the xmas tree) so you end up with no lights working at the end of xmas and have to throw them away and buy a new set for the following year.
Enough with the rant.
My question is can i change the bulbs for LED's as i've got loads of sets of lights but no bulbs. I've several sets of 100 static bulbs (2.4V 0.5W per bulb) could i change these for LED's of equivilent rating e.g. (Vf 1.9V, Vr 5.0, 10 mA typical).
I've done the maths and it will only cost about £5 per set to convert, and of course my time. Would this work and would i still nedd to use a fuse bulb to protect the set?
Any ideas? as i don't want to spend £100's next year buying all new LED sets.
(I've got over 3000 lights up this year
A: Good question. The problem you may find is that the light manufactures have changed the way the LEDs are seated in the string. If you can find LEDs that if the string with the same amps, watts and volts your very lucky. If your very handy and can find the right LEDs at your local hardware outlet. You could swap the bulbs from the plastic seat and replace them with the LEDs of different colours if your luck again. Usually LEDs are colour coded for differ ant watts and or applications.
Q: Where can I get LED Christmas Lights that have the Following Colors available?!?
I saw this House, that had Bright LED Christmas Lights on it. They were MultiColored, with the Following Colored Lights:
Green, Purple, Blue, Yellow, and Red. All in the same Strand.
I liked how they Look. But I can't seem to Find any MultiColored LED Christmas Lights, that have the Purple lights in them.
So, does anyone know where to Buy LED Christmas Lights with these Colors?!?
Also, where do I get Clips that attach to the Edge of the Roofing?!?
I need some that fit the Mini-style lights!!
Thanks in Advance!! ;)
A: http://www.bronners.com/ledlights.html
Here's a website with those colored lights in one.
I'm not sure if it's what YOU wanted specifically, but they do have the colors and are LED lights.
If you just type into the Yahoo! search engine Multi Colored LED Christmas Lights, you get tons of results.
Happy holidays & the best of luck to you!
EDIT: For your second question about the clips, I'm not exactly sure what you mean & I'm sorry I couldn't help you out on that part. I'm sure you can find them at Home Depot or another housing and tool store.
Q: Is it normal for LED Christmas lights to glow after they've been turned off?
When I turn off my lights before I go to bed at night, they still have a faint glow, like they're still receiving a small amount of power. Is this normal?
A: Yes it is completely normal, it is just the residual power draining from the transformer. It normally takes longer with the old copper wound transformers, the heavy ones.
Q: Do you like your LED Christmas tree lights?
I think they are prettier than the glass ones, and better at conserving electricity. Do you think they are pretty or too bright?
A: I don't think that they are too bright, I love the light emitted from them, they look so pretty under a small blanket of snow.
I also love doing my part for energy conservation, they give us special discounts and rebates here in Canada. Do they where you are?
I believe Home depot might in the U.S.
Q: Outdoor Christmas LED lights changing colours?
hi! i have christmas lights that change from green to red but mostly all the time we switch them on, one side turns green and the other red. I asked my older "technology geek" cousin how we can prevent this from happening and he said to switch on the lights, turn them off right away, count for 10 sec. then switch them back on. it worked to make all the lights stay in sync the first time but didn't work the next few times. is there a way to make all the lights stay the same colour when they change?
A: ok, dumb question here.........
Why do you still have Christmas lights up?
You might need to replace the little fuse.
I really don't know why that happens. Call the manufacturer.
Q: Do you prefer incandescent or LED Christmas lights?
A: LED. They don't get as hot, and they use less power and have a nice colour to them.
Q: do you have led lights on your christmas tree?
do they look like those "hyper white" lights on cars? are there fake trees pre-strung with led lights? are they expensive? do you like them?
A: we got them last year for our tree inside and YES they look like Hyper White Car lights!! Needless to say they are not up this year...really did not like them!
Q: I hate the new LED Christmas lights... What about you?
I think they look way too harsh and spaceship-like. They're not very bright and they seem to be predominantly green & blue (dark colors), whereas incandescent lights seem to be predominantly red, orange & white (bright colors). I'm sure there are better quality ones out there but the normal-bad quality ones are HORRIBLE. I want to tear them down, they're anti-Christmas IMO. They don't give me the Christmas fuzzies, they make me angry, And they're spaced so close together. It's just terrible. I mean, yeah the blue may be a "truer" blue but who gives a crap? I just want my normal glow-ey Christmas lights.. Not some freaky raver lights.
A: I don't like them either, my neighbors have the white ones and while im not a fan of the old white lights (I like the colored, more kiddy feeling not the rich/proper - and yes all rich neighborhoods have white lights). They almost look silver to be honest.
I understand the idea behind them, but I would think with technology they could be better.
Q: whats the company that makes LED christmas lights?
Panosonic maybe
A: lots of them do these days..
Kaemingk and Premier and Forever Flowers are three that i know of for sure.
Q: Why did my question about LED christmas lights get deleted? There was nothing in violation.?
A: it's a conspiracy from incandescent Christmas tree lighting manufacturers
Q: did any of get those new LED Christmas lights this year.?
i like those things. the blue colored ones stick out real good.
what do you think of those?
A: My sister did and I think I got a suntan from them.
Q: If you use LED Christmas lights....?
Do you find that the blue LEDs burn out or stop working after a relatively short period. All other colors work fine.
A: Mine work fine. Yours probably has a bad design.
Blue LEDs are significantly different. For a long time, there was no blue LED, only red, yellow, orange, green LEDs. Over the years, these got brighter and brighter, but nothing like today's LEDs. After blue and violet LEDs were discovered (materials that give such frequency light was discovered as usable in LEDs), blue LED (light blue; cyan) ended up leading the pack in brightness. Today, blue LEDs are the brightest. That's why white LEDs really are blue LEDs inside, with yellow coating that takes some blue light and converts it to yellow light (pick a white LED without plastic covering, and look at its top; that yellow piece is phosphor coating). We perceive blue and yellow light together as white.
Blue LEDs also usually use higher voltage. Your Christmas lights may be designed to treat blue lights differently (maybe putting three other-color lights in parallel with two blue lights, or some such scheme), which may be why they fail first.
I have used bright LEDs in my circuits. If driven at/above their maximum current rating or used openly in bad conditions (heat, humidity), LEDs don't last beyond a few months. If sealed well from weather and protected against high current usage (high current would make them brighter, but would also let them die sooner), they should last a long time.