Light-emitting diodes, or LED Christmas lights, are becoming a popular alternative for holiday decorating for many reasons. To fully appreciate the benefits they offer, you first need to have a basic understanding of what makes them different than the other types of Christmas lights on the market.
What Makes Them Different
Unlike other Christmas lights, LED Christmas lights are made of a semiconductor device that creates the light. All colored LED Christmas lights produce monochromatic light, which means a specific light is emitted, regardless of the plastic encasing. This basically means that the colors created will remain vibrant, even after multiple uses.
The white ones use a slightly different process to generate the white color, which involves producing an ultraviolet light that is then exposed to a phosphor to create the color human eyes perceive as white.
White LED Christmas lights can be used in conjunction with colored refractors and lenses to create colors. However, if they are used with colored refractors and lenses, much like most other Christmas lights, they are subject to some color fading because of the long-term exposure to heat.
Distinct Advantages
Armed with some basic knowledge, you may have begun to realize that there are several distinct advantages to using them. Here are just a few.
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Color-fading:
LED Christmas lights are ideal for decorating because the colors will remain just as bright and bold as the first time they were used.
- Efficiency:
Generally speaking, LED Christmas lights use less electricity and tend to outlast incandescent ones.
- Durability:
With no metallic filaments to break or burn out, LED Christmas lights are less likely to break when being used or handled. The plastic encasing also makes them more durable than Christmas lights that use glass to encasings.
