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To: KarlInOhio

As the new Christmas light strings are led at about a quarter of a watt per bulb or less, slate estimates the average house in their neighborhood sports over eighty thousand lights.

They must live in quite ritzy neighborhoods.

I suspect that 22 kilowatts per house nationwise would bring the grid down.


83 posted on 12/26/2015 8:54:45 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: American in Israel
I suspect that 22 kilowatts per house nationwise would bring the grid down.

22 kilowatt-HOURS (energy) not 22 kilowatts (power). It's like comparing distance vs. speed.

You could light your 80000 LEDs for one hour, or a more modest 444 LEDs for 6 hours per night for 30 days with 22 kWh.

90 posted on 12/26/2015 10:44:24 AM PST by KarlInOhio (CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
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