In
2003 we had our first real light display with 10 silhouettes and about
4000 lights. Of course this was a static display, and we got a few cars
to slow down as they drove past.
2005
We
never had a display in 2004 as we were away at Christmas, so our second
display was in 2005. This contained about 5000 lights and 20
Silhouettes, plus about 1000 more lights on my shed. Most was powered
from just one point in the house, making movement in that area a little
risky.
2006
This
was my last non-animated setup, and the first year I decided to use a
toroidal transformer setup to power some of the lights, but this was
done after the initial setup had taken place. I think the light count
was somewhere around 10,000 lights, maybe a little more.
The
toroidal setup sure made a difference, scrapping about 22 individual
24V plugpacks. The remaining ones are 36V lights, which would have all
fitted on a single 36V toroidal transformer which I had bought, but did
not get time to install. The 2 transformers were fitted into an
old PC case I had in the shed. I had intentions of simply growing this
type of display with more lights, but cars just drove past, rarely
slowing down for more than a few seconds. I decided I needed something
more catching for 2007. One thing I will return in 2008 is the
red-trimmed seat as that was nice on the front deck, but it might be
moved to somewhere else, depending on room
