TECHNICAL SPECS
Over 15,000 strings of lights.
Over 75 miles of lights.
Over 850 extension cords.
46 circuits of 20 amps each.
Two electric meters.
Power usage is 460+amps, enough to power 4 houses with everything turned on. By conversion to LED lights we have quadrupled our light count and yet, reduced the power usage down from 850 amps over five years.
98% of the lights are LED lights.
Approximately 2,000 man hours of work to install and hook up the lights this year.
Richard in in charge of installation.
Sherrie repairs strings of lights that are not working and has an over 70% success rate as long as wires are not broken. She repaired over 1,250 strings of lights in 2023. 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: Cost of Labor, Lights and materials, rental of lift, electricity.
Everyone asks how much the electric bill is but it is the smallest component of the cost, about 4%.
We have friends and workers that we could not do this without. Our team started working on this year’s display on August 19.