Recent content by Natmc

This is why I love this forum. Plenty of helpful people that make Christmas light fun! I am wondering whether I have combination of problems. A couple of bad light strings a bad channel. A couple of people have mentioned a "blown triac". What does a triac look like/ where is it located on...

Thanks!! You have given me some ideas for tomorrow. I will try different lights. I will also try a different power point. We have had a lot of rain and my outdoor power point might be at fault I have no idea how to measure current and won't even pretend to know what the number means when the...

Hi I am trying trouble shoot a CTB16PC LOR box that keeps blowing a fuse on the 9-16channel side. It is the first time I have used this second hand box but was told it was 2-3 years old. I am only using 14 of the available channels and am running MTB led lights. It blows within seconds of the...

Thanks for the advice. I think the safer step may be to restring the frames. I don't want to risk a mistake with my beginners wiring!!

Hi I have seen a few posts about bypassing multifunction controllers on led strings. I wanted to know if this was possible on led rope light motifs? I have accumulated a few 2 colour snowflakes and would like to run them through my 240v LOR controller. Some are from Vicky Sun and some from...

That's great news! Thanks for the quick advice. I can start programing now.

Hi I have 2 strings of festoon lights that I would love to use on my mega tree this year. Each string has 10 x 25w bulbs. My question is will they work on a channel each on my LOR 240v controller? Do you think I could make them dim etc or just stick to turning them on and off? The rest of the...

I was just about to order this product from light o Rama when I came across this post. I think all will be ok using the light linkers in Oz. After reading the online instructions it appears it operates up to 928mhz. So to avoid any fines killing Christmas joy its a matter of choosing a channel...