What is the power consumption of a flagpole Christmas tree?

What is the power consumption of a flagpole Christmas tree?

 

What is the power consumption of a LED Christmas tree?


An LED Christmas tree or flagpole Christmas tree is the way to provide your garden with enchanting, twinkling lights during the cozy Christmas season. Because of the wide selection, you can choose from different sizes and quantity of lights. We can imagine that you have questions about the power consumption of a Fairybell®. Because what exactly does such a Christmas tree cost in terms of electricity? We will tell you everything you need to know in this blog!


Energy efficient thanks to high-quality LED technology

Every Fairybell® in our range is equipped with high-quality LED technology as standard. This means that the Christmas trees have low energy consumption and do not consume more power than a room lamp. Great, because this way you will face the holidays carefree! Fairybell® Christmas trees are available from 1.5 meters up to 12 meters high. The construction of the lights of a Fairybell® together forms a festive Christmas tree. In practice, this often means the higher the model, the more LED lights.


Calculate your energy consumption

What does Fairybell® Christmas tree cost in electricity? When you buy a Fairybell®, based on current electricity rates, you will pay on average about €1,44* per month. To determine the energy consumption, it is important that you know how many LED lights your Fairybell has. To make it easy for you, we have made the following overview:

 

Number of LED’s Usage (kWh)  Monthly costs*
60 - 900 0.01 $ 0,80
1200 - 4000 0.02 $ 1,60
8000 0.06 $ 4,80

* This calculation was made based on a power rate of $0.40 per kWh where we assumed consumption of 6 hours per day over a 30-day period.



Benefits at a glance

LED lighting has several advantages over traditional lighting. First, with LED lighting, no energy is lost in heating up a filament. This makes LED lighting as much as 90% more efficient and you notice this immediately in your wallet! Moreover, LED lighting lasts about 20,000 hours on average. That is twenty times longer than a normal light bulb and thus, when you buy a Fairybell®, you make a sustainable choice.


Our tips

By using our smart plug, you can easily see how much power your Fairybell® Christmas tree uses. You can connect this plug to your WiFi network and control it via the free Smartlife app. You can also control this plug via Amazon Alexa or Google Home. Handy, right?
Not into apps? Then you can also use a timer to automatically turn on your outdoor Christmas lights as soon as it gets dark and turn them off again when it gets light or when you go to bed. This way, you make optimal use of your Fairybell®!