Synchronized Lights On A "real" Large Tree

[danj 5]

My wife had what I think is a great idea last weekend. I have been wanting to do synchronized lights for several years now and I think my job next year will be such that I will be home enough in the fall that I can do my first setup. Has anyone put synchronized lights on a "real tree"? We have a fairly large live oak tree in our front yard. My wife suggested that I "wrap" the trunk & branches with lights. Has anyone synchronized branches, trunks, etc? What did it look like? Thanks in advance!!!

[vkjohnson 5]

the only synchronized trees I've seen is when the whole tree goes on and off together, not individual branches.

[Darlene Pino 13]

Yes, lots of people have done it (whole tree). With large trees you will need a man lift to get you that high to put the lights on.

It takes a very large amount of lights. Perhaps someone on this list that does this can give you an idea of how many lights it takes.

it is a very impressive thing to see -- all those lights on a tree -- Two colors would make for a pretty sequence. the tree changes colors when you hook each color to a different LOR channel. Post a photo when you do it. We love photos. Look at some of the videos for ideas.

here is an example: http://www.collingwoodlights.com/index.php?do=pictures

Edited December 14, 2011 by Darlene Pino

[vkjohnson 5]

I have a 30 ft tall magnolia tree that I wrap up to about 15 or 20 ft. It takes 5,000 lights for just one color. Probably not much help, but it's a start.

[SPaschall 9]

I have seen some that wrap the branches and put each branch on a channel to make it look like the branches are moving back and forth. Good luck with the project.

SPaschall

[danj 5]

Thanks so much for all of ya'll's inputs!! Greatly appreciated. I am going to start "counting" what it will take to light up our live oak, as I think it would be a great starting point for me.

[alfram 10]

Chuck Downs has several trees waving(51 sec mark) and it looks spectacular.He uses a lift to wrap his trees.

[deanathpc 11]

I too thought about this with our trees too. Well the wife did.. I took the easy way out to be honest.. each of the 4 trees has a red and green flood at the base pointing up. To be honest it looks rather good. The wife was even impressed with it!

Dean