This years light count is 63732 and breaks down as follows

• 16234 Incandescent Mini Lights

• 26908 LED Mini Lights

• 764 Incandescent C9 Bulbs

• 1710 LED C9 Bulbs

• 4438 Rope Lights

• 13650 RGB Lights

• 30 Other (flood lights and strobe lights)

We are currently at 66% LED light usage.  A majority of the incandescent mini lights are in the arches.

If all the strings of lights were lined up from end to end they would stretch well over 3.25 miles.

To hook up all the lights over 300 extensions cords are used stretching more than 7000 feet. 

If all the lights were turned on at once it would take 247 amps of power.  This is according to the amperage listed on each set of lights.  Fortunately I have 400 amps of power in the garage just waiting to be tapped into. 

1000 feet of Cat5 cable is used to hookup all the controller boards. 

It takes 18 days to put up and hookup all the lights. 

And about 3 or 4 days to take down and store them all. 

The electric bill is not as much as you would think.  My December bill is about $40 more than my November bill. Which is much better than the $250 bill I would get when the lights were always on.