Recent content by bert-nc

My plans are to add a mega tree to the show. Thinking about 10 or 12 foot tall with 18 or 24 strands. The star is not included in mentioned stats A 10 foot tree may not qualify as “mega” but using a 50 light pixel string at 2 inch spacing should work out to be around 10 or 12 feet Plus that...

#13 was the first thing I thought of when I read the original post

I am running a version of xlights earlier than the above version and it did not find the update

Do you have separate sequences or playlists that you play for New Years or just continue with Christmas playlist till you shut down for the season Bert-nc

Congrats on getting your show up and running My show is ready just waiting till Friday after thanksgiving to start Bert-nc

Thanks That worked perfectly

Thanks Will give that a try

I am having trouble aligning my layout tab with the house preview when I am running a sequence I have everything like I want it in the layout tab. Everything sized and centered on the screen. when I run a sequence and try to view the house preview. It is no where to be found. I can scroll the...

Patience and a plan? What is that? 😂

I am definitely going to try out the calculator mentioned aboved this evening. However one conclusion I have made. To get to a 5 inch spacing on the base ring I am going to have to increase the number pixel strings on the tree I had originally thought about. To do that I will have to either...

I have been looking at several of the mega tree builds posts for over a year now and am considering building a mega tree, though only 10 foot tall. One build in particular that got my attention was a build by a member called Kartman. If I done the math correct, going from meters to feet, from a...

Done some searching on google yesterday and better understand what you are saying about DOD and its effect on battery life. The controller you mentioned is also something to research more Thanks for the info

Well, I was trying to use what I already have and avoid to much extra cost Planning on small mega tree and that is taking most of the funds for this year I am sure that I can run extension cords to the site for ac and it would work Think I am going to do a test and see how long I can run the...

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All valid points Had prefer to stick to 12 volt pixel since that is what I have My intentions would be to power the tree for about five hours (5-10 pm) Then go remove the battery, bring back to the garage and recharge the battery with a trickle charger until next evening