The Joys of Making your own Solar christmas lights

Utility bills are strained during the holiday season, as spectacular light displays can be seen in neighborhoods across the country The drain on the power grid could be markedly reduced by using solar Christmas lights purchasing solar Christmas lights on the web or from your local hardware store is not that trying on the wallet. If you are planning a large lighting project, you might find that prepackaged solar Christmas lights don't exactly fit your needs.

Now to get more control over this, make your own solar Christmas lights. When you build your own, you would be buying each individual part separately, and will probably end up spending considerably more. You will however, find that you have a lot more control in producing your desired effect. One thing is that you can use any size LEDs you want, and you also control the types of batteries you will be using and might be able to design them to last longer, compensating for a lack of sunlight during stormy weather.

There is the consideration that the separate parts of your solar Christmas lights set can be put to other uses during the off holiday season, and this can be seen as an advantage. Depending on the solar panel let you select, you may be able to find dozens of other uses throughout the year. You also could change the color of the bulbs and use them for yard decorations or on other holidays you could change the bulbs to an appropriate color, for example orange could be used for Halloween.

While the obvious parts of the solar Christmas lights system are the solar panel, the battery, and the like themselves, don't forget the small points, because if they're left out your system might be damaged or become less effective. You need a light sensor to shut the lights off during the daytime. You also might need to protect your battery from being overcharged, and there are systems designed for this. Some research will need to be done on the Internet so that you know what kind of battery to use to get the desired results from your solar Christmas lights.

Another thing to consider is the following. When you really create something yourself, there's a bit of self satisfaction at having in fact done something that you don't get by paying $19.95 for a set of solar Christmas lights from an online store.

Dancing Christmas Lights are Just Fun!

LED Christmas light shows are fun to watch even when the tune is some what less than traditional Christmas music.

Now wasn't that fun!

This is What Happens when you don't use LEDs for your Solar Christmas Lights

So remember. Use LEDs for your Solar Christmas Lights.

Solar Christmas Lights- 2009

Solar Christmas Lights are becoming more and more popular each year. One of my favorite pastimes during the Holiday Season is strolling through the neighborhood and taking in the lovely light displays that my neighbors put up almost as a public service to spread the Holiday cheer. The down side of this is that it boosts our power usage and increases Man's contribution to Global warming, not to mention decreasing the disposable holiday income of my neighbors which probably ties into the economy in some way.

Just look at the Joy that this lady gets from her displays:

Now displays like this make the case for Solar Christmas Lights, and there are much larger displays near where I live in Southern California.

LED Christmas lights are a key ingredient in a Solar display because LEDs use one tenth of the power that traditional lights use. Since Solar Christmas lights are battery powered, the length they stay lit is dependent on the quality of the battery and the amount of power used by the lights. This means that LEDs will stay lit about 10 times longer.

The type of battery is also very key to whether you can use the lights on cloudy days as well as how long the lights will shine on any day. You can get more information on this at this article on how to choose your Solar Christmas lights.

So use Solar Christmas lights this year and you won't have to feel guilty if you put on a display like this: