RJ's Happy New Year!

[rdebolt]

Happy New Year to RJ, but what if I don't want to tear down my show yet!?    Not to mention it was 5 degrees this morning!!  I may just leave it up all year!

[sjb]

+1 Happy New Year RJ.

We still have 3.5 feet of snow that everything is buried under. Probably be around late February before I can get to the cords in the yard and go on roof to take down lights.

Steve

[rrowan]

Come on Guys

Break out the big heaters and heat guns to warm things up and take down the displays  <la..

Rick R.

[sjb]

I thought I switched to blinking lights to save power. I think I will wait for the global warming to kick in?

Steve

[Rainlover]

We're supposed to take our lights down?

John

[bassmants]

After the weeks of install, I can't bear to take it down yet...I just keep looking in the yard trying to figure out how I can make it stay relevant all year

[rrowan]

After the weeks of install, I can't bear to take it down yet...I just keep looking in the yard trying to figure out how I can make it stay relevant all year

Sounds good but do you really want to buy all of that stuff again and rebuild it? Think how the environment will take its toll on your display

Rick R.

[zwiller]

Taking it down is the easy part.  Finding a place to store it all is the hard part.    

Then you remember you added a bunch of new stuff this year that hasn't needed storage before...   <fp.

[rdebolt]

Then you remember you added a bunch of new stuff this year that hasn't needed storage before...   <fp.

Just buy another shed! If you can see it then that is just one more item added to your display. Win Win.    <fp.

[tpctech]

Thanks RJ for all you do to help build some pretty impressive blinky shows.  Well unfortunatly, "Lights on Bell Road" are turned off for another 11 months!  Today my father-in-law, my wife Pam and kids Abby and Emily all helped for a few hours this afternoon to take it down.  I would say we have about half of the lights and parts down and not quite put away.  I am already planning on new things for this coming Christmas!   Everybody enjoyed the show this year.  Next year I am planning a amazing new show.  I better get to work 11 months to go and counting!!!  I guess I shouild get the video's edited and posted!  I also built this year some really cool permanent "yard" lights for the end of my driveway.  10ft of 14" aluminum lighting truss mounting vertical with a 24" white globe on top with several RGB triple LED dumb strips and a 40 watt compact flourescent lamp.  Under the globe is a Ether to "down light" the truss.  I will post pictures soon.

KEN
"Lights on Bell Road"