Topsail Island, NC
Our 2008 Christmas light display is up and running!
On Dec 1st we invited some friends over for the official lighting. With almost 1/2 mile of extension cords, 20 surge protectors and the “Monster Brain”, the show is better than we had hoped for.
This years show we included a 16-channel light controller connected to a “monster brain” that has a mini MP3 player built-in. We have 31 pre-sequenced songs that are broken into 6 shows (5 shows with 5 songs and 1 show with 6 songs). I used the “line out” of the “monster brain” to a FM transmitter (101.5 FM) and then from the FM transmitter to a 200-watt stereo to power the outside speakers. The sound and light show is awesome!
After about a year of research on www.PlanetChristmas.com we decided on the light controller from unnamed company. I won’t mention them here because they shorted our light order by 2 cases and have not yet responded to emails or phone calls or issued a refund. We ordered all the components at the end of August and then started setting up the display the 2nd week of November. 
The lighting party was attended by Helen Ramsey, Sharon Stanley, Sharon’s mother, Mike & Cynthia Harris, Sterleen Bryson & Harold Lee, George & Linda Hathaway, Frank & Becky Neely, John Brock & JR, Sterling Bryson, Glen Pierce, and “Two-Shot” Ray Barwick (photographer).
With over 7000 energy efficient LED lights, over 2300 feet of extension cords and 20 surge protectors, the end result was well worth the effort (if I asked Sterling for one more run to the hardware store for extension cords he would explode!).
Phil Morgan was the man on the roof and the ladder. Phil tied up all the cords, waterproofed the connections and hung the roof displays. We started Nov 9th stringing all the lights and put in over 96 man hours getting everything setup. We then connected to the light controller and “monster brain” and continued running extension cords as we needed them.
Below is a video of the display.
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