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Christmas tree lights
matelodave
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Just put the tree up together with its traditional 3 strings of a hundred or so LED and incandescent fairy lights - they'll be on for 14 hours a day, for around 30 days and for those that worry about the cost of leccy it will come to a total £1.79 (leccy at 35.5p/kwh) not much more than a couple of nights in front of the telly
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matelodave said:Just put the tree up together with its traditional 3 strings of a hundred or so LED and incandescent fairy lights - they'll be on for 14 hours a day, for around 30 days and for those that worry about the cost of leccy it will come to a total £1.79 (leccy at 35.5p/kwh) not much more than a couple of nights in front of the telly1.79/0.355=5kWhThat's 42 hours of watching a modern 55 inches TV that consumes about 120W.A little bit too much for couple of days IMHO.
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