Christmas lights?

powerful_Rogue

I live on a close where 95% of the houses put up Christmas lights for the month of December. Over the years we have raised £80,000 for charity from people visitng and putting money in the donation box.

I shall certainly being doing it again this year. The extra £70 it will cost to run for the month is certainly worth it for the cheer and smiles it brings to the people that visit.

Can't believe there are so many bah humbugs and sterotypes in this thread.

JohnB47

Aylesbury_Duck said:

People (some people) will do the calculations and act accordingly.  

A 200-LED string is about 20W, they're on for 8 hours a day for a month, 250 hours, or something like that.  So that's 5kWh at 52p per kWh, or about £2.50.

That's a pretty high Kwh figure. Mine is 28p per kwh. So my cost, based on your timings, would be £1.40 (ignoring daily charge, which you pay anyway).

Mstty

JohnB47 said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

People (some people) will do the calculations and act accordingly.  

A 200-LED string is about 20W, they're on for 8 hours a day for a month, 250 hours, or something like that.  So that's 5kWh at 52p per kWh, or about £2.50.

That's a pretty high Kwh figure. Mine is 28p per kwh. So my cost, based on your timings, would be £1.40 (ignoring daily charge, which you pay anyway).

Have you not read the news and price of energy from October 1st-31st December?