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My mega arch this year, by far - 24 strings x 120 seeds, looked amazing and could do so many different effects on it (splitting it odds/evens, front/back etc) - all my existing sequences I just re-rendered any arch effects onto it and it worked great. Made from 2 x 6000x1100 sheep panels...

I run 2 mega trees, 30 x 150 @ 1in in 6 strings of 5. I just tap power at the bottom (so i split from the input, balance between 2&3 and 4&5) for each strand, 12v bullets, can push about 50% brightness full white on a 7.5A fuse, in practice I run at 30% across 2 400w and its fine. Unlike the...

Ok so here is my DXF for the topper, lasercorp or ferracut or any laser place can do it, 6mm mild steel, works good (https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/welding-mega-tree-topper.16942/#post-143584) Here is my tree, 4mtr + star, in concrete base, I have 2 of these and love them

@tterbo_1988 Definitely do 4 metres, 150pix per strand at 1in/25mm, 2 metre base diameter - I run 2 of these exactly, 30 x 150 pixels they look unreal and you can run video on them, I'll get some pics for you in a bit. FWIW I poured a couple of 500x500x500 concrete cubes I use as my portable holes

Cross posting, but its my thread so :D So, here is a DXF/F3D file of a mega tree topper I drew up, that is similar common to designs - its setup for a 40NB pipe and you should be able to get it cut from 6mm steel for about $100 at any of the online laser cut shops - 490mm diameter - 64 holes...

So, here is a DXF/F3D file of a mega tree topper I drew up, that is similar common to designs - its setup for a 40NB pipe and you should be able to get it cut from 6mm steel for about $100 at any of the online laser cut shops - 490mm diameter - 64 holes @ 470mm diameter - 48 holes @ 370mm...

To answer your question about Baldricks running a MT, I ran 28 strands @ 150 this year on 7 ports (so 600 pix per channel, 12v strands) and then used the 8th to run the smalll 200pix star. Ran off 2 x 350w power supplies and just power balanced the MT strings (so tee'd off at the first string...

Hello I added some stuff to my F3D drop box - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bbq9cg5068rmn224huuwu/ADm9cbAJBLrKtubPlLz6eno?rlkey=q1f42kax37oy0pia7a8qc0ulb&st=57w7pgbu&dl=0 - 99 Node Candy Canes (just null pixel the end node for your 100strings and set it up as a 3x33 matrix, works great...

As above 8mm is plenty and especially if you consider the grain of the plastic and work with it, can do great stuff.

I put some non-waterproof/non-tubed lengths into some aussieduct, snapped on the lid and it works well as weather proofing and diffusing. Would need some silicon along the join for proper waterproofing but yeh also a way to go.

Yeh, I've do 24V for that, most joinery places will sell the setup, or you can just the same stuff from Ali cheaper...and just grab one of the small 240v transformers that most lighting sites sell for this - some will do WS2811 if that's what is desired.

So, maybe helpful, probably not - more an anecdote, I've bought about 150 metres of 12V WS2811 led strip from Xnbada BST LIGHTING Store on Ali last year, and had a power injected 60 metre run on the roof and 40 metre on the verandah posts... in Central West NSW and we had something like 300mm of...

Based on your xlights screenshot you have defined 0 channels in there - is it auto sized? turn that off and just specify the 16 channel size manually

Hah I was searching for this post last year and couldnt find it, so I ended up making my own aussie duct clips , but for the 25mm duct. STL and F3D file is in my Xmas dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bbq9cg5068rmn224huuwu/h?rlkey=syuekv7dn7glfbfvnsy4hxno3&dl=0

This is a neat idea and scales nicely if you batch them up. That said, grab yourself a tube of something from Soudal (I use the T-Rex Grip or something) - a better adhesive than hotglue should have you sorted, I dont have an issue with glued in magnets in the outback over summer