Recent content by Indigogyre

Let me start by saying currently everything I have for the show is outside on my front porch for the entire show season. Personally, I do not like the idea of one mega enclosure to put everything into it. There is a lot of interference that can be going on. In one control box I have my wireless...

Channels and universes are no longer used with modern controllers and software, it's a nice to know but not anything we need to worry about at this time. Single colors tend to draw less power then running white which uses all of the colors. Turn it to white to get the best idea of how they will...

I did not use any fuse blocks in my controller boxes as I run everything from my controllers. For the two boxes with multiple power supplies they are tied together and then are split to power each side separately. So, PS 1 powers 1 - 8, and PS 2 powers 9 - 16. I did buy some fuse blocks and...

Congratulations! The first controller box is always exciting as it gets you ready for putting a show together and you get to use it for testing also! Your pictures brought to mind a few questions and then also a couple comments. Questions! 1. Which controller box is that? It's similar to a Bud...

Hello, I use very similar hooks to hang props on my garage and have found they work very well. You will want to check the weight rating on the hooks are they are each slightly different. While testing clips, I ordered different ones and found some work better than others. The clips are used on...

Hello Mike, I'm outside of Chicago and half my Halloween show are used for Christmas also. I do run some specific Halloween props but started small. Depending on where you are in WI, you might be able to get a deal on some used Halloween props. :D I do know there is a mini in WI, have you been...

I always had an issue with the connections on my custom strips when I cut and soldiered them. I switched over from strip in pex to just bullets in coro to make my life easier. If you are using strip, design the arches around the length of strip you are using. It might not be a bad thing to...

There are others on here who do print props for the show. It might take time for them to chime in. I know they have done multi part prints of larger props and glued them together. Normally, I only print mounting brackets for my props. The first year I used PLA, which has held up surprisingly...

The others have covered the seed vs bullet vs other so I will not touch on that. If you wish to use less power injection (PI) or power balancing (PB) then you'll want to use 12v pixels as you can power more before the need for power injection comes into play. I easily power up to 200 pixels per...

I have to agree with @tooms about moving away from the receivers to small controllers, Baldric 8s to be precise. I feel they are giving more expandability and adaptability with the smaller controllers. They are isolated so are not attached to a large controller that might fail and take down the...

I don't understand how 2 pixels failing equates to a pile of junk? A single pixel failure a year seems darn good to me. I lost a lot more than 2 pixels this year and just carried on with what worked until I got around to fixing the failures.

I'm looking to update my show and I was wondering what is your single favorite prop and why? Right now I still think one of my favorite props are my GE Minitrees with a star (Yeah, I know the star is extra but they go together as a unit). They just seem to be the right amount of lights and can...

I'll 100% agree on testers. Just this year I was thinking it is time to get a network tester to check my cables to make sure they are working properly without just the swap and hope game. The network tester can help with finding network data issue, and just general cable health checks. This will...

I honestly almost never use them since I have to worry about trying to balance the pixels across receivers and ports at the same time. I'd rather swap out the receiver for a baldrick and then I can have more flexibility with how and where it is used. If they both require power and some sort of...

I was lucky enough to get all the old stuff out and did not end up putting anything new up. We had over 12 inches of snow and extreme cold weather before December 1st which took a lot of wind out of my sail. Not to mention I had to complete a large personal project that took a lot of time this...