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[QUOTE="Whitey-, post: 134907, member: 39146"] Thank you! We'll see, but I think the actual putting up the props and lights is the easy part for me, it's understanding the underlying show and power that's tricky. My ambition is a lot higher than what I'm going to get done next year, but I think once I've got the basics covered I'm going to do some pretty good stuff next year. Yes, these are the magnets I got: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/133654138586?var=433104236767[/URL] They were more pricey than I'd like. You can find similar ones on Chinese sites or eBay shipping from overseas, but given I was in a rush I ended up paying about $1 per magnet, shipping inc. With 32 odd pieces of coro and 3 magnets per mount, we'll see how well my 100 will last 😄 . Also, I did some voltage testing this morning on 350 lights I had handy already pushed. I added T intersections at each 50 connection point so I could measure voltage from wherever. [ATTACH type="full" width="357px"]24542[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="356px"]24543[/ATTACH] In the first image, I'm only doing power in 3 points - start, middle(ish, 200) and end at 100% white. The measurement of 3.38v was at the 100 pixel mark. The second image, I'm adding power in 4 points every 100ish - start, 100, 200 and end (350) The measure of 4.09v was at the 200 pixel mark. I actually don't see much colour difference between them - the pink tint still remains and I'd imagine I have to inject every 50 to completely remove that. That said, I don't intend to run the show at 100% - likely around the 60% mark. It also looks a lot worse in the photo than it does in real life. The difference is much less noticable in other colours (here's green for example at 100%), although as you can see on the meter over by my distro box, the amperage draw and voltage loss is a LOT less! [ATTACH type="full" width="430px"]24545[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="433px"]24544[/ATTACH] I think based on this, I'm comfortable with injecting every 200px or so. Whites and pinks (that's the only other one I found that doesn't look perfect) might suffer slightly, but we'll see how we go. Once my roofline is up, I might test it and hate it, and then have to recable everything - hopefully not! [/QUOTE]
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