TECHNICAL SPECS
Over 15,000 strings of lights.
Over 100 miles of lights.
Over 850 extension cords.
42 electrical circuits of 20 amps each.
Two electric meters.
Power usage is 400+amps. By conversion to LED lights we have quadrupled our light count and yet, reduced the power usage down from 850 amps over the last seven years.
We are now 100% LED lights. Lights of Joy goes green!
Approximately 2,000 man hours of work to install the lights.
Richard in in charge of installation.
Sherrie repairs strings of lights that are not working and has an over 85% success rate as long as wires are not broken. She repaired over 800 strings of lights in 2024 If wires are broken, Richard repairs them.
Sherrie is in charge of technology, music and synchronization of the lights. Sherrie is also in charge of display figures.
Cost components from largest to smallest: Labor, lights and materials, police, safety lights and signage, insurance, lift rental, electricity.
Everyone asks how much the electric bill is but it is the smallest component of the cost, less than 2%.
We have friends and workers that we could not do this without. Our team started working on this year’s display on August 17.