By Philip C. Curtis •
November 4, 2007
Halloween is over and even though the trees still have green leaves because of the mild fall we are having, Christmas is just around the corner. Americans consume a lot of extra energy and create and extraordinary amount of waste during the holidays. In fact, it is estimated that we produce more than 1 million extra tons of garbage each week from the period between Thanksgiving and Halloween.
We also consume a great amount of energy. This is [...]
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 24, 2007
LED Xmas lights consume only .072 watts of electricty per bulb. This means that a standard set of 70 LED Christmas tree lights will only draw about 5 watts of power. With the LED string lights drawing so little power one can easily operate a substantial outdoor display with a very basic solar power generation unit. A solar powered LED holiday light display would be ideal for homeowners in the southern U.S.
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 22, 2007
One of the big reasons that Christmas lights suck is because they are so fragile. They break if the wind blows, they break if you drop them, they break if you smash them against the neighbor’s house (who’s Christmas display really blows), and sometimes they don’t work when you pull them out of the attic.
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 17, 2007
Although the progress in lighting technology has move slowly, there is a new and better option for holiday and Christmas string lighting: LED string lighting. LED string lighting is still relatively new to most consumers as it has only been widely available for a few years. LED string lighting is available in a wide variety of shapes, colors, sizes and qualities. This year if you decide to make the switch to LED Christmas or holiday string lights here are [...]
