Glenn Barber

Thank You qberg for this information - it is VERY helpful - I have some spare rectifier from old strings I will try on these strings and hopefully that will take care of my dimming issue. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas - Glenn

Standard Plug with two wires from Plug going into rectifier then first light. see attached picture

Hi Charlie, That is what is happening - Half the string is very dim and there is a couple of strings were no lights are working and the fuses are fine so it would have to be the first rectifier right? Here is a picture of my problem. Thanks for your help!!

Dave, I am not what you you mean by re-seat each lite. My lights are not removal - Thanks

Hey Guys, need some help - I have two problems: 1) On my arches I have some M5 LED strings that are at full light and the other half is almost out but barley on. Why would that be? 2) I have another string that is totally out - New Fuses installed - but can not locate the bad bulb with my LED Light Keeper - when I think I have found it - plug it they still don't work. Any Ideas on Christmas eve? Thanks guys

Thanks Mikey, I THINK I understand - When I get ready to make it I will come back for further instructions - LOL!!!

Great Stuff Big J. I would love to see a Picture - I am interested in the Crank up - Thanks for the info.

Guys, I have a question: I am not looking to build a giant mega tree but I would to use 70 light strings which are 23' long - is there a calculation that I can use to figure the height I need to use the 23' strings of lights and get the proper look I need. This kind of a backwards way of figuring I know.

Hello Nallison20, I have been doing my display for many years now and have tried probably every suggested trick to keep the breakers from kicking? Bottom-line : you can slow it down a lot but will never keep it from happening - Especially if you have a large display. The best thing I have found is to get the plug OFF the ground and at an angle so the water will shed off the plug. I found that using a 1 foot garden stake (see attached picture) does a great job. It looks like a foot long staple. Stick it in the ground, put a light clip on the stake and clip the extension cord to it. To keep water out of the plugs, I use a product that I get at Auto Zone called CLEAR RTV Silicon. (See Attached Picture) I put a thin layer for the silicon on the female plug and when I plug the male in it causes a seal to happen - keeping water out of the plug. Now, you will probably get a flood of responses contradicting my way, but that's OK. After many years of trial and error this works for me. Good luck with your display!!!!

Thank You Slankard - I loved making it and it has held up well for the last few years

Here is the final results of my Tomb

Hey Guys, I am setting up a different cross in my display this year. I want to find a partiular kind of light that i can put at the bottom of the cross and it beams up. What type beam light would anyone suggest? Thanks Glenn

Yes Jim - Welcome - PC is an amazing place to hang out especially when you need help - these guys and ladies are awesome to interact with. They come up with ideas that will amaze you.

Cool Blowmold - it looks like those Frosty's in "Christmas with the Kranks". Great GET!

Been putting up lights since Labor Day - you could not see them in the trees and bushes - closer to Halloween I got I pu them on my windows and house and fence. I should be completely finished with my display this coming weekend.

Mike, Thank you for those great idea - I have several more scenes I want to do over time and will look to the Foam board for possibly making scenes - I may even call upon you for some advice if you don't mind - I eventually want to tell the entire story of Jesus from Mary to Jesus leaving this earth - it will take time but for now I have the main events - Birth - Death and resurrection. Thank You for your support - and I will be taking pictures. Thanks Glenn

Gary, At my other House I built a skating scene for my yard and it was a huge hit - what I did was I took 2 pieces of 1/2 plywood - cut half circles to make it a 6' circle - connected it underneth with angle iron. I found the center and put a coupling in the center with a 1 1/2 female on it - then I bought a rotating christmas tree stand - I put the 1 1/2" pipe in it and connected it to the base. It turned the base perfectly - then I took 1 x 2 pieces of wood and built a frame around the entire base - took chicken wire and stapled it to the frame then I took white burlap and wrapped the wire and stapled it to the frame. This gave you the frozen pond look with a snow bank look. Leave an opening in the back so you can get under the skating rink (you will need to get under there from time to time. Now I went to Winfield arts and bought the tall skaters pattern and cut them out of Coro Board. I mounted them on the plywood base - Coro board made them light enough for the skating area to turn. Then I bought a snow machine and put it on a 12 foot mount above the skating rink and it snowed on the skaters while going around - this was a huge hit. It is just anouther way of doing the skater scene.

They had that same scene one time at old time pottery at a good price and my wife and I did not buy it - we thought it would go on sale after Christmas - dumd huh?

HAHA I will - thank you that was cute

Thank you Bama (hmm) Roll Tide? Thank you for your kind words - yes that is how I believe as well.

There ya go - That sounds like a plan - I have trees in my back yard - I will do that - Thanks - If I survive I will let you know - LOL!!!

There is nothing crazy about getting started early - I always want to make it a joyable affair and not be outside at the last minute till midnight on Thanksgiving eve getting lights up and being stressed - beside if I run short of lights and can get Paul to get them to me in time. Bill, I told my wife what you said about leaving some up all year and what your wife said about it - well she agreed with your wife - that ain't gonna happen around here either. I do have a question for you guys - at my old house, the roof was not steep at all - I could run all over it and never feel like I was gonna fall off - the roof on my new house is pretty steep but not impossible to work on. I will be putting blue lights across the entire front of the roof every 30 inches - this will require me moving around alot - I was told by a roofer to get two 2 x 2 foot squares of rubber foam about 3 inches thick to set on and move around on the roof - I also thought about tying a rope around me with plenty of slack and attaching it to my truck hitch and put it in the back yard so if I slip forward the rope will stop me. Is this all insane or is there a better way - I am not going to hire it done!

I know - alot of us are crazy - some of the neighbors in my new neighborhood have been looking at me funny - I haven't put up a light outside since 2010. i have to do it this year - there is a little girl over where i used to live that was diagnoised with brian cancer a year ago - she has gone through a lot of pain - she told her mother one thing she misses most of all is Mr. Glenn's Christmas lights. There is no way I am not putting lights up this year for that child. Matter of fact I just got home from work and need to get on out in the yard and work on my PVC Window frames. See you guys later.

Very - Very Nice - Is the Joseph and Mary Mannequins? if so, which ones did you get? What style I am looking for some to do the same thing but I am in the dark on which ones to get. I figure they need to be flexible in some way. Thanks

Got started putting lights on the bushes last weekend - Got them on the fence this weekend - I have been working on my Tomb project since July - finished that last weekend - I'll start on the house lights this coming weekend and go from there - i am still mowing so nothing goes on the ground until Nov 1st. Got a new house and I have not got all the electrical I need so I am limited this year - i have a three year plan to get everything I want on my display.