| [ | Date | | | 2025-11-30 22:59 -0500 | ] |
I have a Christmas tree. It gets lit on a shedule:
| Period | On time | Off time |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | 7:00 | 8:00 |
| Lunch (weekdays) | 11:30 | 12:30 |
| Evening | 16:00 | 23:00 |
| (fallback) | 0:00 |
It can also be turned on or off manually, hence the midnight fallback turn-off action, in case I’m up after 11PM and turn it back on.
That’s nine hours per week day, eight per week-end day, so hours per week.
The tree consumes about 165W when lit.
A tree season is about 31 days, or weeks. Over a season, it’s this many kWh:
At Hydro-Québec’s Tarif D of 6,905 ¢/kWh (as of this posting), that’s about $3.08 before tax; not something that is likely to blow the season’s budget. That cost is also probably partially offset by a corresponding reduction in need for heating during what is the cold season.
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David Haguenauer
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