The 2009 Lights are now over and the donations have been delivered!
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Here we are delivering the $500 cheque from Delta Electricty, as well as the $2500 from donations from the visitors to the display. Lithgow, you should all be proud to have chipped in to help this excellent cause - Redkite.The staff of Redkite have been excellent especially Beth (on the right of the picture), and todays trip was well worth it. In fact we were so impressed with their greeting, talk, and interest in our small donation, that we will be raising funds for them again in 2010. Thank you Redkite for doing such a great job!Lithgow Lights is the only site dedicated to Animated Christmas Lights in Lithgow, NSW, Australia. 2009's light display is now over, and the build for 2010 has commenced.  This year we chose to again raise money for Redkite. As we did last year, 100% of donations will go to Redkite. By delivering specialised childhood cancer counselling and support, Redkite aims to alleviate the challenges young people and their families experience throughout the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and beyond. The organisation was founded in 1983 and prior to August 2005 was known as The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children in Australia. Redkite spends 100% of all net income raised from fundraising activities on services to the children and their families. |
| Item | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Lights | 70,000 (Est), including over 20,000 LED's | 50,000, including over 5,000 LED's | 33,816 | 19,022 |
| Wattage | 5kw (Est) | 7kw | 9kw | 4.5kw |
| Channel Makeup | 192 Channels of Grinch + Ren-C 384 Channels of Renard 64 512 Channels of DMX Renard 64 (All Channels Dimmable) |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 + Ren-C 128 Channels of Grinch + Ren-C 192 Channels of Renard 64 (All channels Dimmable) |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 + Ren-C 128 Channels of Grinch + Ren-C 64 of Renard 64 (All channels Dimmable) |
128 Channels of Olsen 595 (All channels On/Off Only) |
| Led Display | Rumours of a 4 panel 3 color setup, but I'll have to see if thats possible | Source: Home made (Ledtriks + Triks-C) Width: 245cm Height: 110cm LED's: 3,072 Panels: 4 Location: Above loungeroom/laundry windows |
Source: Home made (Ledtriks + Triks-C) Width: 245cm Height: 55cm LED's: 1,536 Panels: 2 Location: Above loungeroom/laundry windows |
Source: Store-bought Width: 60cm Height: 10cm LED's: 256 Panels: 1 Location: Placed in loungeroom window |
| Floodlights | Number: 30 groups, 3 Colors each LED/Lamps: 4,860 LED's Voltage: 24V DC Wattage: 360W |
Number: 12 groups, 3 Colors each LED/Lamps: 1,944 LED's Voltage: 24V DC Wattage: 150W |
Number: 6 groups, 4 colors each LED/Lamps: 24 Voltage: 240V Wattage: 3000W |
Nil |
| Channels Used/Total | Total: 1,088 Used: 700+ (Est) |
Total: 448 Used: 380 |
Total: 320 Used: 260 |
Total: 128 Used: 122 |
| Driving PC | I wonder if Toshiba would donate a new Laptop? If not probably: PC: Toshiba A500 Dual Core Laptop RAM: 4GB RAM OS: Windows 7 64 Bit Ports: 8 Serial ports, 1 DMX universe USB: 3 USB ports |
PC: Toshiba A200 Dual Core Laptop RAM: 4GB RAM OS: Windows Vista Ports: 8 Serial ports USB: 2 USB ports |
PC: Toshiba A200 Dual Core Laptop RAM: 4GB RAM OS: Windows Vista Ports: 4 Serial ports USB: 1 USB port |
PC: Toshiba A70 P4 3Ghz Laptop RAM: 1GB RAM OS: Windows XP Pro Ports: 1 parallel port USB: Nil |
| Cars per night | Any would be nice | Close to 100 a night. A little down on last years traffic, but still a great turnout for Lithgow | Averaged 100+ per night | 80 to 100 per night |
| Donation for Charity | Redkite, helping children with cancer | $3,000, including $500 from Delta Electricity was given to Redkite, helping children with cancer | $2,850 for the Red Cross Blood Bus, including $500 from Delta Electricity | $35 for Careflight - See 2007 page for information as we did not ask for donations! |
| Total Spend | Knowing me, $5,000 or more again | $5,482 | $5,197 | $1,000 |
| Sponsors | Fluidtek - An excellent price on the new cases that will house this years controllers, Power supplies & SSR's. Thanks once again Eddie! | Fluidtek - Discounts on some of the PC gear used to program the show. Thanks Eddie!!!! Lithgow Valley Plaza Management - Lollies & new suit for Santa! |
Fluidtek - Power Supplies for ledtriks & controllers | Nil |
| Thanks | Unknown | Mr Whippy from Bathurst, Santa, Delta Electricity |
Mr Whippy from Bathurst, Santa, Delta Electricity |
Nil |
