Flood light suggestions

[aimbrunone]

I’m considering adding flood lights to my show for next year. Possibly lighting up roof and sidewalk or lawn. I’m looking for any advice from the community.

10 watt, vs 20 watt, vs 30 watts. Recommendations?

How many per controller port?

Sequencing suggestions.

Thanks!

 

[Juddge]

i use 10 W floods, they light up a decent area prob 3-4m max for good coverage, the wattage depends on the area they will cover.
at full power its approx 1 AMP for a 10W flood 12V
most controllers allow 5-7.5 amp per output so the ports used will depend on you ( essentially you could have 7 off 1 port), but may run into power injection requirements due to voltage drop )
i run 2 floods 10W of 1 port at 6m of cable and have no issues, with 2m between each light so over 8m of cable i can run 2 10W floods and have no issues

sequencing is a per user question - everyone sets them up diffirently in xlights and everyone uses them diffirently
mine are just to light up a wall so its not dark
after the songs stop, its to light up the area so people walking around have a bit of extra light and that side wall isnt just pure darkness