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Old 23-11-2006, 01:24 PM   #1
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Default Christmas Lights Display - Any Griswold Styles Out There??

Hey Peeps,

Just curious as to if anyone is doing a Christmas lights display this year... Im not talking about the measly tinsel at the front yard, but the big colourful displays.

My brother and I have spent the last two saturdays prepping his house for a nice display this year that should topple over our last 7 year attempts. We got about 100 meters of rope light and 10 displays just to start.

This week we should be testing out everything. How exciting.

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Old 23-11-2006, 01:37 PM   #2
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awesome, i would do it, but my wife is agaisnt it, i want to be seen from space
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Old 23-11-2006, 02:32 PM   #3
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We've got about 10000 lights which are nearly all up. We were gonna go computerized this year, but we've run out of time so we'll have to leave that til next year.
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Old 23-11-2006, 02:35 PM   #4
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I want pics, when you guys get the displays all running ... pretty please
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Old 23-11-2006, 02:42 PM   #5
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I am gonna start ours this weekend..

Cracked it at the end of last year, threw them all tangled up and in a box.....

NOTE: don't take down on New Years day with a shocking hangover......

Last year we managed 11 x 4 outlet powerboards..... Was waiting to be woken in the night to the sounds of smoke alarms and sirens !!
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Old 23-11-2006, 02:52 PM   #6
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11 x 4 outlet powerboards???? DAM that some serious stuff. At the moment were are no where near that kinda stuff but can see it being achievable. I know my bro has installed about 5 double power outlets around the front so far.
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Old 23-11-2006, 03:38 PM   #7
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Love to see some pics when all done... just wondering, is there a 'switch on' date or is it just whenever youre ready?
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Old 23-11-2006, 04:41 PM   #8
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amatures I dont know, we have my father in laws set up it takes arround a month of weekedns solid work, + countless afternoons, we have had another circut added to his house this involves 18double powerpoints all set on a hard wired timer from here we have I dont know how many 4 out let boards we have cut outs structures chases, the list goes on but I wont for amoment say ours is the best.

We hope to finish this weekend, fires permitting once we kick her in the guts I'll post photos
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Old 23-11-2006, 04:44 PM   #9
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my farther in law is a sparky, might have a 2nd power box put in for a display ... lol
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Old 23-11-2006, 04:47 PM   #10
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THIS is what I want to do................. I wonder how much it would cost???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
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Old 23-11-2006, 08:58 PM   #11
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THIS is what I want to do................. I wonder how much it would cost???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
You just use a controller called light-o-rama. www.lightorama.com . From memory, he has 64 channels which costs around $600. Then, to program it all, it takes roughly 2-4 hours per minute of music
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Old 24-11-2006, 03:11 AM   #12
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A guy a couple of block's away has a fantastic setup every year (retired guy) works for about 6 months to make each years display different , Best one in town ..

Mmmm , sure I can hear his meterbox buzzing from here :
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