It's beginning to feel like Christmas already at my house! I've had 2 "presents" arrive this week containing lights and other bits & pieces needed to upgrade this year's display.
The biggest box contains 50 meters of pixel strip already cut to the lengths I need, ready to be mounted onto the conduit and put along the roofline. I've also got some extra which should fit around the garage door. There's also 2x power supplies to light them all up (should only need 1 but good to have a spare) a heap of leftover connectors (can be used to make up some more future pieces or repairs) and a hand full of black power injection points.
A second package that arrived yesterday was a length of 5v strobes which all randomly flash, giving a twinkle/sparkle effect. I thinking I might run this along the gutters, not sure yet.
So next steps are to test all the pieces I've just received and make sure I have all the right power injection points before mounting the strip and putting up on the roof. I'll also need to start sequencing and programming in the PC at some stage too.
The biggest box contains 50 meters of pixel strip already cut to the lengths I need, ready to be mounted onto the conduit and put along the roofline. I've also got some extra which should fit around the garage door. There's also 2x power supplies to light them all up (should only need 1 but good to have a spare) a heap of leftover connectors (can be used to make up some more future pieces or repairs) and a hand full of black power injection points.
A second package that arrived yesterday was a length of 5v strobes which all randomly flash, giving a twinkle/sparkle effect. I thinking I might run this along the gutters, not sure yet.
So next steps are to test all the pieces I've just received and make sure I have all the right power injection points before mounting the strip and putting up on the roof. I'll also need to start sequencing and programming in the PC at some stage too.
Also a couple of weeks ago I started to update my mini trees by re-using my old dumb RGB strip from the roof last year and wrapping this around the trees/stands I had ropelights on last year. Apart from one section which is faulty which needs a quick swap out, they are ready to go!
Stay tuned for my progress over the coming weeks/months. Only 73 days until Lights On (Dec 1)!!
Stay tuned for my progress over the coming weeks/months. Only 73 days until Lights On (Dec 1)!!