- Total lights for 2004:
almost 50,000
- 160 computer controlled channels
- Power used: about 120 amps spread across nine dedicated 20 amp
circuits
- Added cost of electricity
in December: still not as bad as you might think
- Extension cords used: lost count but approximately 200 totaling about
4,300 feet
- Number of extension cords
chewed by raccoons: 1 in 2003, 4 in 2002
- Number of raccoons harmed
by our display: ??
- Total characters: 33 (including penguins, polar bears,
snowmen, elves, reindeer,
and Santa)
- Setup time: about 70 hours,
teardown time about 36 hours
- Storage: everything
(well almost) is stored in an attic above our garage taking up
about 300 sq. feet
- Music programming: several people have asked about the programming of the song and
what's involved. Depending on the
song (length, tempo, etc.), the average song has about 400 specific timings that
we have defined to be programmed. Each of those 400 timings has 160 potential circuits/channels
that must
be programmed - making one song have over 64,000 potential decision points.
We usually run about 6-7 songs in one set bringing the total to over
400,000 actions that the computer makes in one set lasting 21-23 minutes. The process of programming one song is
tedious - that's why we start the process usually in August.
