What are Led Christmas Lights?

Decorating for the holidays with string lighting has been going on for over 100 years. In fact, the tradition of decorating an evergreen tree with lighting pre-dates the invention of electricity. However, it wasn’t until after the light bulb and electricity became readily available did holiday lighting become wide spread. Since that time anyone decorating their Christmas tree, house, business, or community has used incandescent holiday lights. Incandescent lighting is extremely inefficient and does not last very long.

In recent years Christmas light manufacturers began to offer tradition Christmas lights with a new technology: L.E.D. LED stands for light emitting diode. Diodes are used in many modern electronics for various applications. In the early seventies this technology was further developed to create a light producting diode and it began to be used in instrument control panels because it lasted so long. LEDs are 80-99% more efficient than standard incandescent lighting and can last for 50,000 hours or more.

In a Christmas light application they also add other benefits including safety and durability. LEDs are much safer to use than incandescent Christmas lights because they produce very little heat and draw very little power. This decreased the risk of fire from direct combustion or overloaded electrical circuits. The lights are also extremley durable because they do not use a glass bulb and are nearly indestructible.

For more detailed information about LED Christmas lights please check out this detailed guide to Christmas lighting.