Outdoor Christmas lights?

[threebikesmcginty]

These are mine
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8T-2sGlfTs

Classy stuff 4F. I like lit up houses, shocking waste of electricity aside they're a bit of fun. If you don't like them you must a right stuck up old tosser.

 

[subaqua]

@Gravity Aided, that's wonderful. I used to get Popular Mechanics when I was a kid and was taken to a gadget-lover's paradise. They had all kinds of dangerous stuff. There was a fantastic DIY scuba outfit cobbled together from scrap anaesthetic equipment. Bush mechanics at it's finest.

calor gas bottles and regulators

 

[subaqua]

Won't anyone think of the enviromental harm caused by the energy needed to power these displays

being as most are LEDS with about 1/4 W LED within a good optic then the energy consumption for a mahoosive ( yes it is in the OED now) display is about the same as using an immersion heater

 

[spen666]

being as most are LEDS with about 1/4 W LED within a good optic then the energy consumption for a mahoosive ( yes it is in the OED now) display is about the same as using an immersion heater

Every little helps as one allegedly criminal company said

 

[glenn forger]

I vote Victorian novels are much better. Who needs stupid flashing lights when you could go to bed early with a leather-bound Trollope?

 

[Ganymede]

I vote Victorian novels are much better. Who needs stupid flashing lights when you could go to bed early with a leather-bound Trollope?

Indeed. Or in my case, something French, romantic and adulterous.

 

[rich p]

Indeed. Or in my case, something French, romantic and adulterous.

Bonsoir!

 

[subaqua]

Every little helps as one allegedly criminal company said

So i take it you unplug all PCs and televisions and routers every night when you go to bed/sleep. and remove all unused chargers this is what wastes more energy than christmas lights. that said a huge amount of lights is a bit tacky. but each to their own

 

[rich p]

French
Romantic
Adulterous

Un homme can dream Rocky!

 

[ColinJ]

So i take it you unplug all PCs and televisions and routers every night when you go to bed/sleep. and remove all unused chargers this is what wastes more energy than christmas lights. that said a huge amount of lights is a bit tacky. but each to their own

I don't leave any devices on standby other than my PVR which has to be left on to do its recordings at all times of the day and night.

I do switch off chargers when not in use, and regularly check to see when charging is complete so they can be switched off ASAP.

The one thing I leave on all the time is the wifi router because I use it at all times of the day and night and do not want to have to walk halfway across the house every time I want to use it!

(No Christmas lights for me - EVER!)

PS Ha ha - I just looked up and noticed that my TV is is on standby! I had intended to use it this morning but my sister rang and that distracted me ...

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Personally, I always give Tiny Tim a good canning over the festive season.

 

[ColinJ]

Personally, I always give Tiny Tim a good canning over the festive season.

Should that be Tiny Tin?

 

[subaqua]

Should that be Tiny Tin?

nah you want the 500ml or bigger tinnys.

 

[spen666]

So i take it you unplug all PCs and televisions and routers every night when you go to bed/sleep. and remove all unused chargers this is what wastes more energy than christmas lights. that said a huge amount of lights is a bit tacky. but each to their own

As I said every little helps....

I don't use any electricity - my bill if £0.00 each quarter (Mind you my neighbour complains his bills are double what they should be......I have no idea why that is....Honest those wires were there when I moved in

 

[rich p]

Here's one of my neighbours' which went 'online' last nightt. It cheers me up every time I walk past...