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Hi Mark How did you make the snowman, it looks great and I would love to add one to my display next year to back up my singing XMas trees

Mine would be the Showstopper Phat Boy with all of the different effects

2025 bought a few problems this year with the tune to screen of p5 panels blowing fuses after a couple of hours running and not being able to find the cause I set up an old TV screen in the window and ran it off the PI from the p5 panel so I will have to look into the problem during the year...

Q check out the display locations and see if there are any around you and have a look to see if any idea's could work at you place while they are up and running

Did you make the string and if so could they be backwards

I have not had to replace any seed pixels as yet but when I add the tails to them I cut right up to the pixel that I take off to leave the longest tail to join on to which can mean I waste one pixel in my 1" spacing string You could do the same if you have to replace and just bend back the...

What power level are you using? The legal limit without a licence in Australia is 10µW (10 microwatts / 0.01mW / 0.00001W) and I have no problems as long as you use a frequency that is not currently being used or close enough to one that could cause interference to one

Rember why you are doing this and don't forget most people will not notice any thing wrong with your display if there are any mistakes Don't be so hard on youself Enjoy what you have been able to do this year and think about what could change in your display next year

You should be able to go to Jaycar and buy the bits to make one Just take a sample of what you have to make sure you get the right plugs and leads

if you are running your show from your laptop and can see that your controller is up and running in XLights you need to click on output to lights for your actual trees to light up The out put to lights is the light bulb near the run button for the sequence

I have used Ray Wu for a 7 years now and only problem was in 2020 with a batch of pixels but no problems since

have you watched this video View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl7_n3C1XMs&t=516s

Welcome back to the world of Christmas lighting

check the output from you supply

I would recommend that you have a grand plan of what your display could be but start small and then over the years build up because you do not want to waste money on things that have to replaced later on and then your show will change each year you get your tax return 😃 And 12 volts is the...