Recent content by Burrington

I have RGBW Strips on my Eaves (WS2814, warm white). I have xlights set for R==G==B->W. The warm white looks great while only the house is lit, but normal RGB Cool White looks better for the Christmas Display. I can get cool white by setting a custom white colour to 254,255,255. But that means...

You made me curious, so I bought a real watt/pf meter to get proper wattage measurements. You're right! Both boxes only draw 14 watts each (with no load) with a horrendous power factor of 0.43. Such a low wattage is hardly worth worrying about. Thanks for teaching me something new.

I'm going to try starting the strips with the existing controllers and then shutting the controllers off and letting the strips just stay in their last state. Easy to do with my automation system. If that doesn't work I'll go the relay route. Thanks for your help & ideas everyone!

True - I could shut down the entire light show and really save energy!.. I never said I was "so worried about energy usage". I couldn't care less about the cost of the energy, just trying to do my display and home esthetics as energy efficiently as possible. Running a PC, a HinkPix Pro 32 port...

True that what I measured was VA rather than watts. Hard to believe the power factor is so bad that 32 VA is only 12-13 Watts, but I suppose that's possible. I couldn't care less about the cost of the power, just trying to be as energy efficient as possible.

Hmm, you make a great point. I can just run the controllers to start the lights running white, then turn the controllers off and the strips will remain white. Maybe I will try that first and see how it works out. My HinksPix Controller box measures 34 watts (with no lights), and the Long Range...

I have RGBW strips under the eaves of my house. For Christmas, etc they display RGBW colours using HinksPix controllers. But most nights I just want to have them lit up white to outline the house. Seems a waste of energy to be running the big HinksPix network when a simple addressable LED...