Do christmas lights use a lot of electricity?

It depends on which lights you use and how simple or extravagant your Christmas light display is. read more

Your display size and choice of bulbs, whether incandescent or LED, will influence your energy bill the most. For example, a 100-count string of incandescent mini lights runs at 40 watts, while a 70 count of 5mm Wide Angle LEDs is approximately 4.8 watts total. read more

To start, I will get an idea of how much power a strand of Christmas lights uses. There is this fairly awesome device, the Watts Up Pro. Basically, you plug different devices into it and it tells you the power that device uses. read more