Welcome to T2Lights.com
This site is dedicated to my computerized Christmas light show that is located in Henrietta, NY (a suburb of Rochester, NY). It isl a work in progress and new content is being added.
2008 Show is up and running
The 2008 show is now up and running nightly through New Year's Night. This year's new additions are a leaping arch over the driveway containing 1,600 lights and a 3' by 17' Merry Christmas sign on the roof of the garage made from 135' of red rope light.. 2008 marks my first year with over 10,000 lights (14,389 to be exact) being controlled by 112 individually controlled channels.
Some quick facts about the show:
- Total number of lights: 14,389
- Total current required for all lights: 39.51 Amps
- Number of Songs: 14
- Length of show: 38 minutes
- Number of controllable channels: 112
Old news
Another Season Is Over
The 2007 light show is over but I am already working on the 2008 show. I hit the stores with their after Christmas sales and picked up quite a few more lights. The 2008 show should have about 30% more lights and about 50% more channels. I may add more songs but first I will need to update the existing songs to use the new channels. If you want to see what I am working on for next year check out my projects page.
Second year and still growing
2007 was my second year of using Light-O-Rama software to control my light show and I have to say that they have excellent software and support on their website. I currently do not use their hardware but from what I have read it is very robust and reliable. For 2007 I added an additional 24 channels and this allowed me to color change my 'mini-mega' tree between clear, red, and green. I also added 2 additional songs to the playlist bringing the total to 14.
New (and hopefully) Improved Website Design
I have overhauled the entire website starting in early 2008. Previously I was using a content management system to create/update the site but I found that I did not have the type of control that I wanted in the layout and visual appearance that I was looking for. Now I do the page design using Adobe Dreamweaver. This allows me complete control over the entire design.
2006 was the first year for computer control
I had always decorated my house with lights, blowmolds, and inflatables but after I saw the Carson Williams video in late 2005 I knew that I had to add that type of display to my house. Before I went computer controlled my display did have some custom controls that were designed by myself. From what is currently possible with the computer control what I did back then is pale in comparison. But it did give my display something that nobody else had in my neighborhood.
Questions/comments: tom@t2lights.com