If you want to know what your Christmas lights are going to cost you in electricity before you hang them, Duke Energy might be able to help with an on-line lighting energy calculator.
If you go to Duke energy’s website, they have a calculator where you can identify the type of lights you’re using, the number of 100-bulb strands and how many hours the lights will be used per day to estimate the energy cost per day and per month.
The site also offers energy-then efficient tips and options.
For example, six 100-bulb sets of large, incandescent bulbs plugged in six hours every evening can add as much as $75 to a monthly power bill but if you use LED bulbs your power bill only goes up by about $5.
Using mini-LED bulbs would increase a monthly power bill less than $1.
You can see the energy calculator at www.duke-energy.com/holiday
If you go to Duke energy’s website, they have a calculator where you can identify the type of lights you’re using, the number of 100-bulb strands and how many hours the lights will be used per day to estimate the energy cost per day and per month.
The site also offers energy-then efficient tips and options.
For example, six 100-bulb sets of large, incandescent bulbs plugged in six hours every evening can add as much as $75 to a monthly power bill but if you use LED bulbs your power bill only goes up by about $5.
Using mini-LED bulbs would increase a monthly power bill less than $1.
You can see the energy calculator at www.duke-energy.com/holiday
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