2012 Project - leaping RGB Arches with Clear Conduit.
I've wanted to do this for a number of years but was put off early in 2010 when a supplier of the Clear Conduit told me if went cloudy white when left in the sun, but a forum post somewhere from a person in Adelaide that had bought some left in the sun and it was still clear change my mind.
Goal:
Have leaping arches that use Intelligent RGB strips so we can do really fancy effects.
Layout Requirements:
Eight to Ten arches depending on final layout in the yard.
Hardware Required to build arches:
8 - 10 Four Metre lengths of clear conduit.
The clear conduit is available in 4M lengths from your local electrical wholesaler in Australia, just be prepared for Sticker Shock... it is NOT cheap.
8 x 5M lengths of 2801 controlled RGB flexible strip.
This is 32Leds/M and this amount will do 10 arches
COST:
I'll update this bit as I go.
Estimates are as follows
20mm Clear Conduit $60 / length
5M RGB 2801 strip $95 per reel landed on my door
Total for 10 Arches - $1360
Yet to be factored in - Controllers to run these.
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I did a proof of concept during the 2011 display that involved one length of clear conduit and some spare 5050 based 2801 pixels i had lying around, this worked quite well when the pixels all worked. the short story is the conduit was one size too small to easily get the pixel string down and I keep breaking pixels when pulling through the conduit. The nearly working one can be seen in the 2011 videos i have yet to post
Cheers
I've wanted to do this for a number of years but was put off early in 2010 when a supplier of the Clear Conduit told me if went cloudy white when left in the sun, but a forum post somewhere from a person in Adelaide that had bought some left in the sun and it was still clear change my mind.
Goal:
Have leaping arches that use Intelligent RGB strips so we can do really fancy effects.
Layout Requirements:
Eight to Ten arches depending on final layout in the yard.
Hardware Required to build arches:
8 - 10 Four Metre lengths of clear conduit.
The clear conduit is available in 4M lengths from your local electrical wholesaler in Australia, just be prepared for Sticker Shock... it is NOT cheap.
8 x 5M lengths of 2801 controlled RGB flexible strip.
This is 32Leds/M and this amount will do 10 arches
COST:
I'll update this bit as I go.
Estimates are as follows
20mm Clear Conduit $60 / length
5M RGB 2801 strip $95 per reel landed on my door
Total for 10 Arches - $1360
Yet to be factored in - Controllers to run these.
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I did a proof of concept during the 2011 display that involved one length of clear conduit and some spare 5050 based 2801 pixels i had lying around, this worked quite well when the pixels all worked. the short story is the conduit was one size too small to easily get the pixel string down and I keep breaking pixels when pulling through the conduit. The nearly working one can be seen in the 2011 videos i have yet to post
Cheers