JellyFish permanent lights for Tarpon Springs homes, from Thanksgiving through Epiphany
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In Tarpon Springs, the holidays don’t end on December 25. The season runs through Epiphany on January 6, when St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral leads its procession to Spring Bayou for the cross dive. A house lit for the whole stretch from Thanksgiving to Epiphany is easier when the lights never have to come down. Keywest Lights & Electric is a woman-owned, licensed electrical contractor (EC13014717) and an authorized JellyFish Lighting dealer. We install permanent lighting across north Pinellas from our shop at 6248 Seminole Blvd, 22.1 miles south of Tarpon Springs as the crow flies.
Call (727) 476-7079, or send the form, to schedule a free design visit.
Nearby: permanent Christmas lights in Palm Harbor, permanent Christmas lights in East Lake, permanent Christmas lights in Holiday.
We are an Authorized Dealer of JellyFish Lighting, not JellyFish Lighting itself.
Tarpon Springs at a glance
- About 25,600 residents (Census estimate, July 2025), and roughly 81% of homes are owner-occupied.
- Median home built in 1984. About 4 in 10 homes predate 1980.
- Waterfront on the Gulf, the Anclote River, Spring Bayou and the bayous that feed it.
The case for permanent lights here
Hanging strands every November and taking them down in January is a ladder job, and it’s one many Tarpon Springs homeowners would rather not do. JellyFish replaces it with a slim aluminum track mounted once. It’s color-matched to your soffit and holds color-changing LEDs you control from a phone. After that, holiday lighting is a schedule: set the dates once and the house does the rest. That includes a scene for the Epiphany weekend in blue and white, if you’d like one.
Year-round, the same lights do everyday work. A soft warm white at dusk lights the steps, a brighter white over the garage helps with security, and a team-color scene comes out on game day.
Where our track goes, and where it never goes
Every KWLE installation follows the same placement rule:
- The track runs under the soffit, along the eaves, set back from the gutter edge.
- On gables, it follows the gable rakes, so the peak is outlined from beneath.
- It never goes on the roof surface or the ridge. No fasteners go through your shingles, tile or metal.
That rule matters more in Tarpon Springs than in most places. Hurricane Helene in 2024 pushed 5 to 7 feet of surge from the Anclote River southward, according to the National Hurricane Center. A USGS sensor at Fred Howard Park recorded 7.23 feet above the normal high-tide line. Weeks later, Milton dropped 11.10 inches of rain on the Tarpon Springs gauge. Lights under the overhang ride out that kind of weather far better than anything exposed on a roof face.
Historic homes and the downtown district
Tarpon Springs has a local historic district that covers downtown, and there is a National Register district for Greektown. If your home is in the local district, changes to the outside of the house generally need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city before work starts. Permanent lighting is a quiet change. The track hides under the eave, and there’s no visible wiring. Still, it’s an exterior change, so we plan for the review. We provide product details, photos and a marked-up image of your house for the application, and we hold the install date until approval comes through.
For homes outside the district, the usual check is your HOA or deed restrictions, if you have them.
The garage controller
JellyFish needs one small controller. Ours go in the garage, mounted on the wall and plugged into an existing outlet. A low-voltage cable runs from the controller up through the soffit to the track. There’s no new box on the outside of the house.
Because we are licensed electricians, we test that outlet before we rely on it. On homes from the 1970s and ’80s, we often find a garage circuit shared with a freezer, a workshop and the door opener, or an outlet with no ground-fault protection. If it’s not right, we explain what we found in writing. The fix is a separate decision for you.
One zone, or two
On a single zone, every light follows the same scene. Two zones (front and back) is an extra KWLE option. As an extra KWLE option, we can create two zones. On a Tarpon Springs bayou home, that usually means the street side and the water side. You might run red and green toward the road for the neighbors and keep a soft white along the dock side, where bright color would reflect off the water into your own windows. Many homes don’t need it, and we’ll tell you honestly at the design visit.
How the job runs
- Design visit. We measure each eave and rake, check the garage outlet, test Wi-Fi in the garage and listen to how you want to use the lights. If you’re in the historic district, we talk through that review too.
- Written proposal. It shows the runs, the controller spot, the zone choice and the warranty terms. We don’t quote prices at the door.
- Approvals and permits. When the work requires a permit, we pull it under our license and coordinate inspections. If historic review applies, we wait for it.
- Install. Our own licensed crew does the work, not subcontractors.
- App setup. Before we leave, we load your scenes, set your schedules and show you how to change them.
Warranty
The JellyFish 5-year parts warranty covers the track, lights and controller. Our 2-year workmanship warranty covers the installation, and it extends to 5 years for Member Care Plan members. If something stops working, one call to (727) 476-7079 starts the fix.
Shops and restaurants near the Sponge Docks
Businesses along Dodecanese Blvd and downtown can use JellyFish for their storefronts too. It can show steady brand colors at night, a festive look for the holiday crowds, or bright white over entrances after closing. In the Special Area Plan and historic areas, we confirm the rules on exterior changes and lighting before we propose anything, and we get the property owner’s written approval.
A sample Tarpon Springs year
Here’s one way to set the calendar: warm white every evening; red, white and blue for the Fourth; orange for Halloween; amber for Thanksgiving; a full permanent holiday light show from December 1; and blue and white for Epiphany weekend. After that, back to warm white until spring. Change any of it any time from the app.
Neighboring JellyFish pages
Tarpon Springs borders Palm Harbor to the south and East Lake to the east. See Palm Harbor, East Lake, Dunedin and our Pinellas County overview.
Tarpon Springs FAQ
Can the lights stay on through Epiphany? Yes. They’re permanent, so you choose when the holiday scene ends: January 1, January 6, or later.
Will salt air hurt the track? The system is built for outdoor use, and mounting under the eave shelters it from direct spray and sun. The JellyFish 5-year parts warranty covers the hardware.
I’m in the historic district. Can I still have it? Usually, with the city’s approval first. We help you prepare the application.
Is KWLE woman-owned? Yes. We describe ourselves as woman-owned and don’t claim any certification.
Sources: Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2025 (census.gov); ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Tarpon Springs city; NHC Tropical Cyclone Reports for Helene (nhc.noaa.gov) and Milton (nhc.noaa.gov); St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Epiphany (stnicholastarpon.org); City of Tarpon Springs Historic Preservation (ctsfl.us). JellyFish product images are courtesy of JellyFish Lighting.
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