The LED Tree

[iCe]

I have this mental image of a guy putting the LED's on the tree and his wife saying "move that one just a little to the left dear. Ok now the one up close to the top near the thingy needs to come down a little... Oops... too far... just a little up and to the left now. Ok now the one at the bottom, on the branch next to the branch that looks like a hand, that one needs to go to the right a little..."

[Albert]

Originally Posted by iCe

I have this mental image of a guy putting the LED's on the tree and his wife saying "move that one just a little to the left dear. Ok now the one up close to the top near the thingy needs to come down a little... Oops... too far... just a little up and to the left now. Ok now the one at the bottom, on the branch next to the branch that looks like a hand, that one needs to go to the right a little..."

Maybe that's why he hired a company to do it.

[Albert]

I just bought an LED task light. It has 24 LEDs and the specs say that it uses 330mA at 3.6V for all 24 LEDs. So, if there are 40,000 LEDs on that tree (I didn't count them so I don't know for sure), and the LEDs use about the same power which I suspect they do, then total power is:

Power = 1.19 watts for 24 LEDs based on 330mA at 3.6V

(1.19W/24)*40000=~1980W

So, running all day it would use about 47.5 kWh and cost about $6.18 a day to run at about 13 cents/kWh.

Did I do that right?

[iCe]

Depends on the LED's. I used "superbright" LED operating numbers. They make LED's that operate in the 1 Watt range these days (maybe higher)

[keeper]

Thanks, I drive by that house on the way to work every morning and never noticed it (I guess I am not as awake as I thought I was! ) Here is mine:

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by keeper

Thanks, I drive by that house on the way to work every morning and never noticed it (I guess I am not as awake as I thought I was! )

Awesome! That really does look good in the AM.

[Debbi]

Originally Posted by iCe

I have this mental image of a guy putting the LED's on the tree and his wife saying "move that one just a little to the left dear. Ok now the one up close to the top near the thingy needs to come down a little... Oops... too far... just a little up and to the left now. Ok now the one at the bottom, on the branch next to the branch that looks like a hand, that one needs to go to the right a little..."

Be nice. We're not all like that. All I asked for this year was the wreath and garland (that's prelit) over the entryway to the porch. (of course last year, it was March when the lights were taken down - but no bearing on this )

[zoti]

I like the second one.

[keeper]

Originally Posted by Joe_Lorenzini

Awesome! That really does look good in the AM.

That actually was at night! A little after 6 pm. There were tons of people out there taking pictures. I have an early flight tomorrow, so I might just get motivated to take some morning shots.

[Albert]

Interesting article. Looks like it has 30K lights.

http://www.star-telegram.com/407/story/377380.html

[Wil_Bloodworth]

30,000 lights. 300 x 100 = 30,000.

- Wil

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by ParkImaging

30,000 lights. 300 x 100 = 30,000.

- Wil

Ya know, now that I think about it, she might have added "40,000 give or take 10,000"... (grin).

[Canon Fan]

Thank you to Joe for letting us know about the tree.