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[QUOTE="i13, post: 71257, member: 21708"] Hi pog Welcome to ACL You're unfortunately right that 240V controllers are not suitable for many types of lights. You'd need lights that are 240V with no transformer to be able to safely flash them fast or dim them. Some ropelights will work but I wouldn't bother with them because they generally have a short lifespan. One option you have is this style of light set but I have no idea whether this particular one is any good; IP23 isn't a fantastic rating [url=http://edisonlightglobes.com/Shop/shop/fittings/festoon-lights/vintage-edison-party-lighting-10m-string-lights-240v/]http://edisonlightglobes.com/Shop/shop/fittings/festoon-lights/vintage-edison-party-lighting-10m-string-lights-240v/[/url] The good thing is that (as far as I know) you can easily run a LOR AC controller alongside DC DMX controllers with a DMX source and a crossover cable. One thing to keep in mind when buying light sets with 8 function controllers is that they need to have three or more wires between the controller and lights or they'll be incompatible with DC controllers. This doesn't apply if there is no 8 function controller. If you want to try the light sets with plugpacks and the 240V controller, my understanding is the ones with the heavy plugpacks are less intolerant about being controlled with a 240V controller. Another problem caused by having light sets which don't draw enough power is that the 240V controller can forget to turn the channel off until you add more load to it. It is a bit more work to set up for the first time but I strongly recommend going the DC route which is what I did because I'd thoroughly researched before investing in hardware. If power consumption is a concern, each LED light set only draws a few watts; for example my sets of 200 LEDs draw about 7 watts each when used with the DC control. RGB draws more but it is worth it IMO. There is a controller comparison here [url=http://auschristmaslighting.com/wiki/Controllers]http://auschristmaslighting.com/wiki/Controllers[/url] [/QUOTE]
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