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Technical

In 2007, we upgraded Woodinville Wonderland quite a bit. LED lights, (Light Emitting Diode) are extensively used. They are very power friendly and allow more lights per circuit

· 54.300 lights - A mix of LED’s, and incandescent. Bulb styles include , C7, Mini’s, and Rope

· 11,474 feet – 2.17 miles, of extension cords (that is just the connections)

· 28,727 feet of wire, (lights and cords) That one blew us away! 5.44 miles! All that has to be srrung one way or another.

· 61.33 Amps total to run everything if it was constantly on

· FM Transmitter broadcasting on 104.7FM - Commercial free Christmas music during the day, and our light show at night

· We have over a 1000 Christmas Carols and adding all the time, including some Vintage Carols that "The Antique Christmas Lights Museum" gave me permission to use. All of which now equals about 3.6Gb worth of music

· Lights and Music are run by a lap top computer

· 240 Channels of light animation, this is 15 total controllers. All of what you see twinkling or blinking is managed by the computer which tells the controllers what to do and when to do it.

· It’s powered by 3 15 amp circuits, and a new Santa Power, 50 amp Sub Panel

· It’s difficult to count how many hours went into the creation and setup. With all the upgrades and additions, we lost track, but needless to say hundreds of hours

· Programming the lights to sync to the music can be time consuming, but, watching the show, it's worth every second. Once proficient, it takes approximately 3-4 hours per minute of music to get the lights timed.

All of this is tracked and managed via an Excel spreadsheet to calculate the amperage loads. The cool by-product is all the above information.

Review our 2007 Handout

Genesis 1:14-15

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky, to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth