Hi from New Zealand

[Shaun Soal]

New to this kinda of light set ups. Any information on how to for dummies would be a great help? We have already won our local display with just your normal plug in to power lights just used a crap load of them and was great but keen to get into animating things not too flash with electronics setting up tho so yeh may need a bit of help

 

[djgra79]

Hi Shaun and welcome to ACL!
Best advice to learn all about animated lights is to download and read the 101 manual: https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/auschristmaslighting-101-manual.1889/
You may need to read it multiple times for some parts to sink in, but if you have any questions about any specifics, have a look through the forum, or post your own thread with the plans you have and what items you'd like to get and ask for feedback/advice.
You can always jump into chat at any time of the day, there's always someone around.
Cheers, Graham

 

[kevr]

Hi Shaun glad to see you found the site and welcome to the adventure!

A good first place to visit is a read of 101 manual don't buy anything until you've had a read and a chat with a few of the other users. Best to find out who's using what in your neck of the woods.

Cheers Kev

 

[fasteddy]

Welcome to ACL, lots of help and info here, don't be overwhelmed as the pieces will start to fall into place with some dedication and commitment

 

[logandc99]

Hi Shaun,
Good to see another Kiwi getting involved in the obsession (there's not many of us here across the ditch). There is a ton of help here to get started and as Kev suggested, find out who might be nearby with an animated display to get some ideas or help.
Cheers Logan

 

[Shaun Soal]

Yeh there is nobody here in our little town that does animated displays so would love to get on the band wagon and learn it for 2019 xmas

 

[kinglights]

Welcome to ACL... Lots to learn, but take you time and you'll get your head around it.. Plenty of people here to help answer you questions.