Our light are approximately 75% up. We still have a few network cables to run, power lines to run, and our 20′ mega Christmas tree. We are still aiming to have the lights running either on Thanksgiving or the day after, however, they will most likely be missing some elements, such as the megatree. It will probably be another week later that we will have the entire display running.
Author: Southfield Christmas
Update 11/24/2013
The 2013 season is approaching fast. The lights are going up and we hope to have the show up and running soon after Thanksgiving. We will post the unveil date as soon as we know for sure.
Past seasons’ videos can now be found in our video sections. Check back for information about lights used in our setup.
We look forward to having another great year.
Garage Roof
House Roof
New Megatree Controller Boards Complete
This year we’ll be using new controller boards for our improved mega tree. Last year we used individual controllers for each string of lights, which worked but caused some headaches trying to keep everything waterproof. These new controllers fit nicely into the same waterproof boxes we use for our other controllers. Each of these new boards control up to 16 strands of lights. Last year we used 14 strands of lights. We’ll be doubling that this year. Since one strand goes up and then back down, it will appear as 56 strands of 50 pixels for a total of 2800 pixels.