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What I do is rotate the shutters so the floods reflect off the shutter panels and limit the light passing into the rooms. It's not perfect but it's a lot better than if they were shining to the inside roof! The room on the left with 5 windows is the master bedroom. Sometimes it can be a bit...

Photos I dug up of each year we put a show on.

I'm intereted to know if anyone has 1 or 2 inch spacing solutions for a permanent fixing gutter solution. I know there is a 2" vendor in the US that makes something but I am interested in what is made or available locally in Australia.

How are people attaching the top connector plate to their poles? I bought the Piptree 64 hole plate but can't work out how to mount to the pole (std 32mm gal fence pipe from bunnings.

Just an update after a lot of thought based on the advice above and more research. I have changed to 1" spacing which reduces height, loads etc. so will make everything less risky but also improve the visual appearance with audience being 4m-10m away. Thank you for your input.

Hey gurus, I've bitten the bullet and started work on a mega tree to replace the poor effort I made in the past. The plan is 180 degrees, 32 strands, 100 pixels/strand, 2" spacing. I have the logic sorted and the hardware side is where I need advice/help. It will be 5m high. I have the top...

The how and why of moving from 2D to 3D layouts First year in DIY sequenced lights. Lessons learnt from an ex-LOR user perspective (probably only interesting for 2 people? lol?) Supporting your neigbour's interest into setting up their first sequenced lights display without getting them divorced

Hello Advatek gurus, Currently I only have 16 ports used with one Meanwell RSP320 12v per controller. Strings are 200 pixels or less (except for 2 which have power injection). I want to use expanded mode because I'd like to keep strings to 200 or less pixels and need to expand capacity for new...

Keith you can put me down to help.

Wasn't sure where to post this but here seems the best so feel free to move this mods. At the Sydney EXPO I made the decision to convert to xlights from LOR. This is a brief update and a huge 'thanks' to the group and to the folks that support the xlights zoom room for the last 6 months of help...

Are you usign the test mode on the Advatek app or Xlights? Isolate if the controller config / lights are the issue by using the testing tab on the controller. I found I have had to manually configure all my Advatek ports in Xlights which has removed a lot of issues but created a more complicated...