I have this idea to take a hollisphere, attach it to a rotisserie motor at the top, and connect the electricity for the lights through a slip ring at the bottom.
You may also know slip rings as rotary electrical interfaces, rotating electrical connectors, collectors, swivels, or electrical rotary joints.
Has anyone done something like this with any success?
If so what slip ring did you use? How did you protect it from weather?
What other gotchas came up in the process?
My thought on options: For standard dumb, 110v LEDs it would take a two terminal slip ring.
RGB would take a three terminal slip ring, terminal1 for pos, terminal2 for neg, terminal3 for data.
I talked to a slip ring company and they said their data would only be 10mb. I'm not a strong computer guy, but would that be fast enough?
Looking for your thoughts and insight.
Joel Dearing
You may also know slip rings as rotary electrical interfaces, rotating electrical connectors, collectors, swivels, or electrical rotary joints.
Has anyone done something like this with any success?
If so what slip ring did you use? How did you protect it from weather?
What other gotchas came up in the process?
My thought on options: For standard dumb, 110v LEDs it would take a two terminal slip ring.
RGB would take a three terminal slip ring, terminal1 for pos, terminal2 for neg, terminal3 for data.
I talked to a slip ring company and they said their data would only be 10mb. I'm not a strong computer guy, but would that be fast enough?
Looking for your thoughts and insight.
Joel Dearing