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In our attic, I found a full, new box of the old jumbo Christmas lights - the incandescent glass bulbs about the size of your thumb that individually screw down into a socket. All very pleasing, "old" colors. The only problems being that 1.) I don't think you can buy such types of light strings anymore, 2.) I think that's for a safety reason, and 3.) For the aforementioned reason, it's safe to say these are definitely not an outdoor bulb!
no reason to think they wouldn't be perfectly safe outdoors
people started changing these out to LEDs for energy savings, if enough people use LED bulbs, we'll soon forget how much nicer the old C7s and C9s were.
I do hate the flickering on cheaper LED lights, it's annoying. More expensive ones seem to have figured out how to put in a capacitor to smooth the current.
But I also hate dealing with burned out incandescents and their higher power bills. My solution? No christmas lights this year!!
I do hate the flickering on cheaper LED lights, it's annoying. More expensive ones seem to have figured out how to put in a capacitor to smooth the current.
But I also hate dealing with burned out incandescents and their higher power bills. My solution? No christmas lights this year!!
We don't really notice a big change in the power bill, and the lights are only up from Thanksgiving until the second week of January. I have the lights on timers, so they're only on from 6:00-6:30 am, then again from 4:30-10:00 pm, and we use that many. A lot of times I skip the big C9s on the house, and we just put mini-lights on the shrubs in front of the house. We have a wire-type snowman that the previous owner left behind, and some C9s on stakes that line the sidewalk.
I'll look for the GE lights mentioned.
Edit to add: The neighboring house that faces ours just changed their six outdoor porch/garage lights to LED. It looks like there's a commercial building across the street now. Like someone else said, though, you can't tell your neighbors what kind of lights to put up. Well, I guess you could, but since we like our neighbors, we'll keep our opinions to ourselves.
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I don’t understand the objection to LED lights... they look like any other mini light. I wonder if you’re not mistakenly objecting to something else that you’ve seen?
Someone has never seen the LED lights in what passes for "blue" these days; they suck.
Sorry, I don't mean to be "that guy", but your article certainly isn't proof that LEDs cause migraines. The article interviews a single professor of psychology (not a M.D.) who does not cite any specific study, and the article gives no references.
Sorry, I don't mean to be "that guy", but your article certainly isn't proof that LEDs cause migraines. The article interviews a single professor of psychology (not a M.D.) who does not cite any specific study, and the article gives no references.
Why do you need proof, do you think we are making it up? It is medically understood that flicker can trigger migraines in people who get them or cause general discomfort in people sensitive to it and LEDs flicker.
I hate, hate, hate LED Christmas lights. I also hate having to throw out many of the traditional lights after only a year of use because they either won't light, or only half the strand will light.
Can anyone recommend a mini-light, both colored and white, that will last longer than a single season? I seem to have better luck with the C9s, and it's easy to replace a bulb that goes out, but they're only good for the house, not the bushes and trees. I will NOT use LEDs. I'd rather go without than put those science-fiction-looking things in my yard.
If you hate LED lights, don't use them. Simple.
I use old fashioned C9s. I went back to them three years ago.
Why not just put a candle in every window? You can leave that up all year long. For something more Christmas-y, add a wreath, real or artificial, lighted or not.
Bushes can easily be decorated with netted lighting. Not all of it is LED.
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