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Sequence from rgb-sequences.com

The xLights Around the World Christmas sequence this year.

I have PEX arches. There are some concerns with them, like trying to get hem all the same curvature and avoiding twist in them. I am actually considering switching to coro arches, but those have a very different look than PEX. While I have strip in my arches, I would use closely spaced seed...

I meant galvanized steel EMT like this stuff. It won't get brittle, and you can buy steel 90 degree elbows for the corners. You can also buy hangers for it, or it will snap to a magnet if you mount some. There are also screws in the elbows, so you could collapse them down if you need to.

So I want to be clear that there is no easy way to do this. My philosophy is to put as much time and effort as I possibly can into making it easier the next year. Permanent eave lighting definitely falls under that category. I rented a lift and installed all of mine and it's a life-saver. I used...

Sequence by Visionary Light Shows with matrix effects from Xtreme Sequences.

Sequence from Visionarylightshows.com, last year's Halloween Horror sequence.

A friend of mine has done a walk-through of his display for the kids in his neighborhood and they LOVE anything they can do that interacts with the display. He would just pull up a test page on his tablet and select a prop, then let them tap to light it up and change the color, and they were...

On my previous house I used these strips from Boscoyo and used small plastic clips and zipties to hang them. There was no damage, no holes, and everything went up and down fairly easily. The one downside is that it's hard to make them perfectly straight, but I couldn't tell when the lights were...

Obviously there's still a lot to tweak, but at least it's moving as expected.

I use a splitter, then a 50 ft 3.5mm cable to reach the amp that powers my outdoor speakers. The sound quality is good enough that I can't detect any issues while standing outside listening to those speakers.

Welcome! There are some good resources on YouTube if you learn better that way. Canispater Christmas has a very entertaining series that has helped a lot of people get started, including me. Just realize that his videos are older now, so information on controllers will be different and You'll...

I know this isn't exactly what you're asking for, but I put all my electronics in one box with the power supplies and run a 3 core wire out to the button. I use a standard pre-made extension I bought to run 12V +, ground, and return signal 25 feet out to the actual button and sign. It's worth...

I really wonder if there is something wrong with your FM transmitter causing it to emit an additional signal. My FM transmitter i(running on 87.9) s located in a bench on my porch with my controller, a couple power supplies, and an RF transmitter. It is also within 2 feet of some of my lights...

So, that 12V plug is a power supply. There are some concerns with using a 12V wall adapter, like whether it is fused and whether it provides enough power for the lights you are going to run. You will need to check how many amps your lights will pull and compare it with the value on the wall...