Wholesale LED Christmas Lights

LED Christmas lights at case quantity

Wholesale LED Christmas Lights sells LED C9 bulbs, LED mini light strands and LED C9 installation kits in the quantities used on commercial rooflines and multi-home installs. Pack and case prices are listed on every product page and in the pricing table above, with no account, application or login.

LED C9 bulbs

LED C9 bulbs are retrofit bulbs with an E17 intermediate base. They screw into standard C9 socket wire in place of incandescent C9 lamps. They come in 25-packs for re-lamps and color matching, and in 500-bulb cases for full rooflines. A 500-bulb case fills 500 ft. of socket wire at 12 in. spacing or about 625 ft. at 15 in. spacing. Faceted and smooth styles are offered in several color temperatures and colors, selected on each product page.

LED mini light strands

LED mini strands carry 50 lights and connect end to end. 4 in. spacing gives a denser wrap for trunks, columns and close-viewed shrubs; 6 in. spacing covers more length per strand for canopies and larger trees. Single strands suit small jobs and fill-ins, and 24-strand cases keep a whole tree or property on the same wire color and light color.

LED C9 installation kits

C9 installation kits come in 250, 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000 ft. at 12 in. and 15 in. spacing. Each kit combines socket wire, LED C9 bulbs to fill every socket, slide-on plugs and clips. The larger sizes fit commercial rooflines, apartment and HOA buildings, and installers stocking for several homes at once.

Why LED changes the power plan

Each LED C9 bulb draws a small fraction of the power of an incandescent C9 lamp. On a typical outdoor circuit, that means a run is far more likely to be limited by the rating of the wire and plugs than by the breaker. Fewer circuits, fewer extension leads and fewer tripped breakers follow from that. The guide below walks through the math.

Matching LED C9 and LED mini lights on one property

Many installs pair a C9 roofline with mini lights on trees, columns and shrubs. Keep the color temperature consistent between the two so the roofline and the landscape read as one display. Warm white C9 bulbs pair with warm white mini strands, and pure or cool white with the same. Order mini strands by the case when a property has several trees, so every strand on the property matches in light color and wire color.

Shipping and returns

Shipping is free on all orders within the US, with no minimum and no added fees, and every order ships the same day. Unused product in its original, intact packaging can be returned within 30 days of delivery.

Power planning: LED vs incandescent

The main practical difference between LED and incandescent Christmas lights on an install is power. It changes how many bulbs a circuit carries, how runs are split and how many leads have to be pulled back to outlets. This guide covers the math an installer needs to plan circuits for an LED display.

Start with the circuit

Most outdoor outlets on homes and small commercial buildings sit on a 15 A or 20 A, 120 V circuit. Multiply amps by volts for the circuit's capacity, then plan for no more than 80% of it, since lights run for hours at a time:

• 15 A circuit: 15 × 120 = 1,800 W; 80% = 1,440 W usable.
• 20 A circuit: 20 × 120 = 2,400 W; 80% = 1,920 W usable.

Subtract anything else on the same circuit. Garage outlets often share a breaker with a freezer, an opener or shop tools, and those loads count against the lights.

Watts per bulb

Incandescent C9 lamps are commonly rated around 7 W each. LED C9 retrofit bulbs are rated at a fraction of that, usually around a watt or less. The exact figure is printed on the bulb package, and that's the number to plan with. The same gap applies to mini lights: a 50-light LED strand draws a small fraction of a 50-light incandescent strand.

Bulbs per circuit

Divide the usable watts by the watts per bulb. On a 15 A circuit at 1,440 W:

• Incandescent C9 at 7 W: about 205 bulbs, or roughly 205 ft. of roofline at 12 in. spacing.
• LED C9 at 1 W: about 1,440 bulbs.
• LED C9 at 0.5 W: about 2,880 bulbs.

With incandescent bulbs a two-story roofline often needs two or three circuits. With LED bulbs the circuit usually stops being the limit.

The limit that takes over: wire and plugs

Once the breaker isn't the constraint, the rating of the socket wire, slide-on plugs and any extension leads becomes the one to watch. Each is printed on the product or its label in amps or watts. On a daisy-chained run, the first section of wire carries the current for every bulb after it, so add up the full chain and compare it to the smallest rating in the path. If it's over, split the chain into two runs fed separately from the outlet or timer.

Timers and GFCIs

A photocell timer carries the whole load plugged into it, so check its rating against the total for that circuit. Photocell timers are $11 each, or $10.75 each in a 4-pack. Every outdoor circuit should be GFCI-protected. A GFCI that trips repeatedly is usually reporting moisture in a connection, not an overload, so check plugs and sockets on that run first.

A quick circuit plan for a job

1. List the outlets available on the property and the breaker each is on.
2. Note the other loads on each of those circuits.
3. Total the bulbs and strands planned for each area and multiply by watts per bulb or strand.
4. Assign each area to a circuit with room under its 80% figure.
5. Check each daisy chain against the wire, plug and lead ratings, and split any that run over.
6. Put one photocell timer on each circuit so the whole display switches together.

Retrofitting an incandescent display

Because LED C9 bulbs use the same E17 base, an existing C9 socket wire display can be converted by swapping bulbs. The circuits that needed splitting for incandescent loads can often be consolidated afterward, but check the wire's condition and rating first, since older wire may be the weak link. A 500-bulb case of LED C9 bulbs works out to $0.638 per bulb.

For new commercial rooflines, the 2,000 ft. 12 in. kit, 4,000 ft. 12 in. kit, 2,000 ft. 15 in. kit, 4,000 ft. 15 in. kit are listed with the same LED C9 bulbs.