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Christmas Tree Lights?

1st Christmas in my own home so put the Christmas tree up last night, does it cost a lot having the lights on for long periods of time at night ( 5 hours a night)

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  • Impossible to say without knowing the type of number of lights, wattage etc
  • KimYeovil
    KimYeovil Posts: 6,156 Forumite
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    edited 8 December 2009 at 12:54PM
    If they are excessively expensive then your primary concern should be being burned to death, not the cost - rush out and buy a battery of fire extinguishers and smoke alarms.

    If they are standard fairy lights they will cost a trivial amount. Normal lights theseadays are about 0.5 of a watt so if there are forty of them that'll only be twice the cost of a low-energy lightbulb per hour. (About 2p or 3p per 5 hour day at 10p or 15p per kWh)

    You're talking about less than £1 for the whole 24 days of advent and 12 days of Christmas.
  • Saver-Rob
    Saver-Rob Posts: 570 Forumite
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    KimYeovil wrote: »

    You're talking about less than £1 for the whole 24 days of advent and 12 days of Christmas.

    I didnt realize it would be this much :eek:

    Christmas is cancelled from this moment. :money:
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