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Why do you do this? Because Christmas is our favorite holiday and when we do this it not only makes us enjoy the season more but the people that get to watch the show also.
How many lights do you have? We currently have about 30,000 lights. This year we have about the same amount of lights but more channels so that some of our lights have the option to do more things. We have added two small leaping arches this year.
Do you have your own radio station? How can I hear the music on my radio? We have a Ramsey 25b FM transmitter set to 106.1 FM so you are able to enjoy the music directly to your radio.
Who talks in between the songs for your display? My 17 year old Daughter narrates in between all the songs asking people not to block the neighbor's driveways and giving you information about the lights and ect....
How do you control the lights? Everything is controlled with software and hardware from Light-O-Rama. Our display uses 126 different channels, which allows us to control almost every element in our display between Red, White, Green and Blue. We have over three quarters of a mile plus of extension cords. Last year we had 112 channels but this year we have upgraded.
How much power is used to control your lights? 2008 was the first year that we started the computer animated lights but for our static display in previous years our bill usually went up about $30.00. We got our bill on 12/21/07 and it went up a little over $30.00 since the last bill. We are using 10 15 amp circuits.
What do the people in your neighborhood think? They didn't know because we were able to keep it a secret for about a year however now they know and they seem to love it. Our neighbors enjoy it themselves and tell many people about them.
How long does it take to program one song? It takes about 5 hours or longer per minute. It all depends on how detailed the song is and how many channels you have. The more channels you have the longer the programming takes. We currently have 128 Channels but next year we hope to have something different or possibly more channels.
Was it expensive to start doing the animated lighting? We had most of the lights from 2007 however in 2008 we added some LED lights and we added many different colors. If you purchase computer-animated boxes unassembled from LOR then the prices of the boxes are cheaper. If you purchase them around April or so LOR usually has a sale and you can get them even cheaper then any other time of year. The most expensive part for us was getting the rest of the lights we needed and purchasing the boxes fully completed. We bought some of the lights at the end of last season.
Do you have both some LED lights and some incandescent lights? Yes we have some of both styles of lights. We are slowly working on switching to all LED lights but due to the availability the LED lights are harder to find in all the styles we need.
Can I make a request for a song I would like to see? Yes you can just email us and we will work on it and try to have it done for the following year. However please make sure that it is a family type song since we have many older and younger people that come see the display because we won't do anything indecent. |
