Comments on: Green Spot: What’s Lighting Up Your Tree? http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Random Thoughts: Advent Begins http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36828 Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Random Thoughts: Advent Begins Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:51:10 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36828 [...] at 45 points out in the Green Spot: What’s Lighting Up Your Tree I put up lights in my office, hopefully I won’t get in trouble for [...] [...] at 45 points out in the Green Spot: What’s Lighting Up Your Tree I put up lights in my office, hopefully I won’t get in trouble for [...]

]]> By: Middle Way http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36423 Middle Way Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:47:26 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36423 Our Christmas decorations consist of a large prelit tree and 2 decorative prelit trees in urns. They were bought before you were able to get leds. So the delemma this year is, do we use them? We've decided to use the small trees, maybe only one as buying all new trees doesn't make sense either. Our Christmas decorations consist of a large prelit tree and 2 decorative prelit trees in urns. They were bought before you were able to get leds.

So the delemma this year is, do we use them?

We’ve decided to use the small trees, maybe only one as buying all new trees doesn’t make sense either.

]]> By: Mama Zen http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36335 Mama Zen Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:21:43 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36335 A better idea: DO NOT DECORATE WITH LIGHTS :D Okay, not really cool for the kids I admit... but if you have kids, maybe you can turn your lights on only when they are awake AND its dark outside (gray sky is NOT dark as when «winter sun» goes down he he...) and turn them off when they go to bed. As an adult, maybe you can enjoy your lights decorations on Chrismas night ;-) .... if there's still adults on Chrismas time? ;-) overall, I think it's a good idea, although I prefer using as less chrismas light as possible ;-) A better idea: DO NOT DECORATE WITH LIGHTS :D

Okay, not really cool for the kids I admit… but if you have kids, maybe you can turn your lights on only when they are awake AND its dark outside (gray sky is NOT dark as when «winter sun» goes down he he…) and turn them off when they go to bed.

As an adult, maybe you can enjoy your lights decorations on Chrismas night ;-)

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if there’s still adults on Chrismas time? ;-)

overall, I think it’s a good idea, although I prefer using as less chrismas light as possible ;-)

]]> By: Caitlin http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36313 Caitlin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:42:27 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36313 I don't decorate the outside of my house I have a little not-quite-Christmas tree, and I use a string of LEDs and they look great. I've had 'em for a couple years and they are still going strong. The only thing I don't like about outdoor LED strings is the horrible blue colour of the old-school LEDs. Current blue lights are a nice blue, but the older ones are a purple-y blue that blurs and hurts my eyes when I look at them in the dark (ie any time after 5 pm lately, blurgh) for some reason. I don’t decorate the outside of my house I have a little not-quite-Christmas tree, and I use a string of LEDs and they look great. I’ve had ‘em for a couple years and they are still going strong.

The only thing I don’t like about outdoor LED strings is the horrible blue colour of the old-school LEDs. Current blue lights are a nice blue, but the older ones are a purple-y blue that blurs and hurts my eyes when I look at them in the dark (ie any time after 5 pm lately, blurgh) for some reason.

]]> By: John http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36312 John Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:36:25 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36312 Traciatim> Christmas lights are a pretty inefficient way to heat your home. ;-) I'd much rather used the LEDs and let my furnace to what it is supposed to do. My one problem with LEDs is that the outdoor ones seem to have a really short lifespan. Every year I seem to end up with 2 or 3 strands that have simply stopped working. So far the claims of longevity have not proven true in our house. Traciatim> Christmas lights are a pretty inefficient way to heat your home. ;-) I’d much rather used the LEDs and let my furnace to what it is supposed to do.

My one problem with LEDs is that the outdoor ones seem to have a really short lifespan. Every year I seem to end up with 2 or 3 strands that have simply stopped working. So far the claims of longevity have not proven true in our house.

]]> By: Traciatim http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2009/11/27/green-spot-whats-lighting-up-your-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-36311 Traciatim Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:26:29 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=1165#comment-36311 Considering you are heating your house in Canada at Christmas time, and that the wasted energy of the mini lights is wasted as heat anyway, are you really using less energy overall? This argument is kind of like saying "You shouldn't use your wall baseboard heater, it's rated at 2000 watts . . . use this plug in 1000 watt one instead and use half the power!" The LED sets I have also don't have replaceable lights, so if a couple end up going out (less likely, but it can happen) you have to replace the whole set of wires plugs and working lights while the traditional lights you just get a new bulb. How is increasing waste helping and is it factored in to the equation above? Considering you are heating your house in Canada at Christmas time, and that the wasted energy of the mini lights is wasted as heat anyway, are you really using less energy overall?

This argument is kind of like saying “You shouldn’t use your wall baseboard heater, it’s rated at 2000 watts . . . use this plug in 1000 watt one instead and use half the power!”

The LED sets I have also don’t have replaceable lights, so if a couple end up going out (less likely, but it can happen) you have to replace the whole set of wires plugs and working lights while the traditional lights you just get a new bulb. How is increasing waste helping and is it factored in to the equation above?

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