Technical Information
- Over 180,000 lights used! Most are C6 LED lights, however the main house icicle lights are M5 LED's.
- In total, there are over 11 1/2 miles of light strands in the display. The large mega trees use over 2 1/2 miles of lights all by themselves.
- There are over 6 miles of extension cords.
- Each of the large leaping arches are 20 feet long, with 16 channels. The small arches are 10 feet long, with 8 channels.
- The large mega trees have 64 strands, each strands consists of a red/green/blue set (3 light strands). This totals 192 strands, and the trees are 70 feet tall each.
- The new LED Matrix Display has 16 poles with 24 strands of lights on each pole. The top of the lights are 14 feet in the air, and the poles are spaced 2 1/2 feet apart.
- All of the strands on the large mega trees combined weigh almost 800 pounds!
- Pre-staging, such as building the arches and preparing the mega tree strands begins in late September. Outdoor setup begins around mid October, and takes about a month.
- Everything is synchronized using Light-O-Rama software and hardware control boxes. There are 52 control boxes spread all over the yard, controlling every light strand in the display.