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[QUOTE="Goliath, post: 64777, member: 23642"] OK, time to start planning this, and take a deep breath at initial start up cost. Attached should be a couple of pictures o the humble abode. I currently have :- - 2 x 10 m white 240 volt AC Bunnings? led rope - 2 x 10 m red 240 volt AC Bunnings? led rope - 2 x 10m green 240 volt AC Bunnings led rope (Switching this stuff seems like too much trouble, and I am inclined to either scrap it, or use it along garden edges, maybe attached to some plastic netting to make a big "Merry Christmas" on the roof. I'm not entirely happy at the thought of 240volt lying on a hot tin roof in Queensland.) - enough Big W icicle lights to run along the front guttering twice (about 34 m). From memory these are 34V, aren't they? - about 17 m of coloured fairy lights to do the same. - 1.8 m wide Bunnings white waterfall lights. (These are pretty crap quality and let water in everywhere & corrode. Two others didn't last 2014 season) - several 8 metre Bunnings 12? / 24 volt? led lights. ( I formed outlined christmas trees with these on stakes for 2014) - several fairly basic motifs - Santa, HoHoHo etc - Some strings of Bunnings leds, which I had around the front door, and the central pillar near the front door. - Bunnings net light - 24 V - sorta exploding star thingo I am thinking in terms of getting:- Pixlite 16 controller. Ray Wu 12V 2811 led strips - probably about 13. Enough Ray Wu power supplies to run the buggers, with a spare. I really can't decide if it's worth the bother of getting a DC controller to switch the existing low voltage stuff. I am inclined to run led strips along the front guttering (17.7m), along the roof line (? metres - it started to rain & old bones and slippery roofs don't mix), and around the three front windows (4 m each). Still haven't quite got my head around what pigtails I'd need and how exactly the power injection is done. The intention is to put all the electronics attached to the back of the central pillar, where it is relatively protected, as well as in water resistant boxes. This may mean I may need to boost signal to some elements, as the start may be a little more than 5 m from the controller. Once my poor head sorts out this bit, I'm thinking maybe a big arch between the central pillar and the wall near the front door, and maybe one over the swing seat on the other side ( a little hard to do ). Probably a little decoration of some kind on the central pillar, and either side of the garage. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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