News, LEDs will light up Rockefeller Christmas tree. (incandescent, flash, display)

[JD59]

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" -- with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he hoped the change to the midtown Manhattan display will inspire the tens of millions of New Yorkers and tourists who see the tree every year.

"Now they will see an example of green leadership which may inspire them to make greener choices in their own lives," Bloomberg said Tuesday.

LEDs will light up Rockefeller Christmas tree - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/21/green.christmas.ap/index.html - broken link)

[SunnyKayak]

I wonder if he will change the New Years Ball as well?

So someone beat me to my idea of LED christmas lights ugh .

Im curious do LED christmas lights shine brighter like the flashlights do?

[CouponJack]

Sunny-

I have an "LED" flashlight given to me from one of my lighting reps...

They are the wave of the future....lamps (bulbs) eventually will be obsolete. Not sure exactly when but its coming...(look at California going from incadescent to all flourescent)

To get back to your question, they shine just as well as a "lamp". The advantage is they last a heck of a lot longer and are more energy efficient.

hope that helps

[tallrick]

You will lose the "fade to black" characteristics of an incandescent bulb but I support the conversion to LED lights. I used them to replace my tail lights about 15 years ago and have been very satisfied with the results. As long as you don't mind instant on and off you will love LED's. The effect is a lot like cold cathode (neon) lighting.