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Here you can find out about some of the ways we light the Town up! Difference bulbs we use, and the ways in which we create Motif’s and the Tree lights!

LED rope light

We use this on Motifs, and to line buildings etc as in the case, very bright, very hardwearing, very expensive and can be controlled to give animation - such as around Motif frames.

LED Dot Matrix signs

Signs such as this were built by us using wood, or later plastic frames which were drilled with lettering, then individual LED are installed to light up the lettering, very effective, very hard work. A sign such as the one above actually costs us around £30 to create - quotes for a similar one from main manufacturers was into the several thousands!

Christmas Tree

We spend A LOT of time making the Tree look its best! Find out more about it by clicking HERE!

Motif’s

Find out how we make these by clicking HERE!

LED ‘filament’ lamps

We are experimenting with these superb new LED lamps that recreate the filament effect usually lost on LED lamps. Many colours available, but expensive compared with conventional Filament lamps, however these are exceptionally strong, low consumption and will last many hundred times a conventional filament bulb.

LED Matrix displays

Similar to the signs sometimes seen in shops and train stations, or if your unlucky in the back of police cars! We have purchased for ‘pocket money’ some of these boards from China, which with some adaption can be made to display large messages, we are currently looking at using these to display messages on Motifs - such as sponsored by, visit this site - and can change them regularly to whatever we want. Watch out for them this year!

LED colour change  lamps

Used extensively in 2010, these lamps change through a cycle of colours, and are either synchronised together so that all change the same, or random to allow a multi colour display. They are very low consumption and ‘unbreakable’ but are more expensive than a conventional Filament lamp.

LED Golf ball lamps

Used a lot in 2010, however offer a different kind of light to the Filament or even LED filament lamps, and don’t work well with Covers of any kind. These are however low energy ( less than 0.5 watt in most cases ) and quite tough. Future purchases will lean towards the filament version of these.

Filament Lamp

A normal run of the mill filament amp as used in houses everywhere, we use 240V 10w or 15w bulbs, but they are still power hungry, delicate, and because of the delicate filament they blow regularly - increasingly hard to source and we want these gone within the next few years. We use these with multi colour covers to give us the colour across the streets we all know and love!

Individual LED’s

We usually purchase these directly from China, to our specifications and often have them pre-wired to save time ( rather than solder each LED and install relevent resistors etc ). As a example one of these RED LED would cost 75 pence from Maplin unwired, we buy enough to get them for a few pence each WIRED. This means we can build displays however we want, and install many colours etc, but is very time consuming.

LED strip

In some cases we use this over Rope lights, for its more flexible properties, although its supplied in much shorter lengths making it not much use for large buildings, but smaller outlines etc are ideal. Often low voltage, so ideal for use where people may be able to contact it!