I have seen tons of how to’s, and it didnt look hard at all…. but man what a pain in the A$$! I think it took Me, My Wife, and my Father-in-law close to 3 hours to wrap 2 10ft 3/4 PVC pieces.  I was so tired when I finished soldering, I didnt even hook it to a controller.

Assembled its about 4.5 feet tall and 14 feet wide.

It was just way more work  then I expected to get it wraped – boy am I glad thats done!.
While I was out there I figured I’d throw a piece of EL Wire on the tree – I think its going to look great when I do the whole tree. Not sure what color I like best…. humm.

We did 7 sections but divided the top section between the two pieces of pipe – one pipe ends with a male plug, the other with female (and the pipe screws together. So for storage, we un hook one plug and unscrew the pipe. All the other power runs down each end towards the ground – 3 plugs on one side and 2 on the other. I guess I’ll have a couple more feet of cable when it goes to the controllers, but I’m ok with that.

So I REALLY want to figure out a way to have santa fly from the side of the driveway up to the side of the house.  Just not sure what is going to work best. First thought was something like a Trolly Car / Cable Car design, then I thought of hanging some PVC to make sort of a track.  Whatever I end up with needs to supply power to the “cab” for some lights.

I must admitt I had my doubt’s about the intensity of this light, but I decided to give it a try. It comes in a kit for about 15.00 – Its a great price for a great light. Thanks Christmas On Mannor!. They make several other really cool lights, I really like there products. check them out. I have 1 board finished, and 2 more on order.

The Second best time of year for any Light-O-Rama Fan : The Annual Summer Sale!

I have Jumped at the chance to save some $$ on CTB16PC Hardware. The Boards came in, and Its time to get soldering.  The boards come with great instructions, but have a lot of components – Not hard to assembel, but requires patience and a steady hand. I think my first board took close to three hours, the next two about 1.5 – 2 hours.

The sweltering August heat of the south is beating down 100+ temps, but Im off in a land dreaming of cool crisp air, miles of extension cords and thousands of twinkeling lights. This season will be our first run with LOR hardware. I really enjoyed my home brew stuff- it had good run of 2 seasons, but upgrading to lor will allow me much more precise control, more chanels, and ability to fade intensitys.