Recent content by Bill Ellick

Welcome, Adam, I'm in upstate NY so a bit closer to you! Funny as my niece lives in Glen Ellyn! You are going to want to read the Lighting Manual front to back a few times: https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/auschristmaslighting-101-manual.1889/ It is a great source of the common...

Nice to see the update on a very important piece of material that should be in everyone's inventory of blinky references! I recommend this to anyone who asks on any forum about doing animated lights whether it is just static, AC, or full-blown pixel craziness! I will try to sit down in the...

I'll chime in as well and offer my Thanks to Ryan and all who make the ACL forum not only a great source of information and help but also a closely knit group of crazy light addicted people all over the world! I learn new things almost every day on here even though I am not a contributor to the...

I bought mine from a fellow DIYer who was making them but has since stopped. A shame since he built a very nice one tuned to the specific frequency that you wanted. Shipping is another problem for you I'm sure so I would hope that someone on here who lives closer to you has some suggestions on...

You can make a very good antenna for the EDM yourself! I made this one and used it for a few years till I went and bought a manufactured antenna. This one works almost as well as the expensive one! Use RG-58 for the coax. I crimped ring lugs on the ends of the coax so that I could use...

You should be able to find plain aluminum ones with screen installed at any hardware stores like Lowes or Home Depot realk=ly cheap. I use them a lot for venting soffits on new construction, additions, and other projects. Very handy but the SS ones sure are expensive! I only pay $1.50 for 4"...

I used to be a devote Weller user but I "won" a Hakko 888 from a forum a few years back and have been converted ever since!

Definitely, a very large THANK YOU to Ryan, Phil, and I'm sure others who have helped to implement this new forum! Certainly a labor of love to take on a project for the benefit of people who you only know on here!

I guess I better "POST" so that I don't get eliminated from ACL! I am one of those who has not posted in quite a while probably even though ACL is the first forum I read in the morning when I start my day with things! I haven't had really anything to say much in the last year due to health...

I still use all LEDs in my display. Maybe I was just crazy, stupid, or foolish: but I bought a lot of them that are very good ones and spent a lot of money on them. I also bought in big with 17 LOR controllers so I have the equipment now and use it! I also have back problems which have taken...

Sounds great! Can't wait to see how these will work out.

danv, Following your idea for the Wixel sticks and they look great! I have 10 of Shelby's version 2 ESPixelSticks and they are really nice. Been playing with them, FPP, XLights, and things to learn some of the newer stuff and get some of my display converted to pixels as well.

Wolfie, that is just too cool! You sure hit a homerun with that costume. You could see about a set of heated thermals for her to wear although the battery pack might be a bit much to haul around! ;D

Nice idea Alec! The innovation and advancements in things for a "hobby" are becoming amazing!

The US dollar is already pretty screwed in world economic circles thanks to our idiot president who has no understanding of anything! Our debt keeps climbing daily and he spends it like we are the prince of Egypt with unlimited resources! Hillary keeps selling our resources off to Russia and...