Ray's WS2811 Pixel Ball
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Benslights
Dedicated elf
crispy your a legend thanks for that is that 40 or 80 on that tree??
That looks quite nice. 
I saw those RGB balls a while back but didn't want to trust them outdoors. If I have a bigger indoor tree I'd get some for sure.
I saw those RGB balls a while back but didn't want to trust them outdoors. If I have a bigger indoor tree I'd get some for sure.
kane
Dedicated elf
My grand plan is to get a heap of them for the mega tree for next year.... Will have to do a few tests with them before committing to them I think - want to make sure they're waterproof...David_AVD said:That looks quite nice.
I saw those RGB balls a while back but didn't want to trust them outdoors. If I have a bigger indoor tree I'd get some for sure.
Benslights
Dedicated elf
well i got some of these balls and i must say they are great for the price.
pixels 2811 balls v12
balls 2811 12v
pixels 2811 balls v12
balls 2811 12v
They look nice, do they suffer from uneven colour due to hot spots on the balls
Benslights
Dedicated elf
thy do but you really only notice it if your fading up slowly
lithgowlights
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Not sure eddy - the camera is often worse looking than the eye, so unless seen in person I'll wait to decide. I'm considering 400 or so in the 4 trees here, and with the addition of leaves, viewing distances, and 99% of visitors not being able to pick an unevenly colored ball from an evenly colored ball, I might get away with it
How water resistant are they?
kane
Dedicated elf
Looking at them, I think they'll be pretty splash resistent, but certainly wouldn't want to put them underwater.David_AVD said:
After my few weeks forced hiatus from tinkering with anything blinky flashy, I plan on testing out the couple strings I have here - for both water resistence, and UV resistence..
Will also have to see how they go under load - if being strung up (without additional support), it'll be interesting to see if they pull apart over time.
The reason I ask is that I thought I read (maybe on another forum) that they leaked when left out in the rain?
Benslights
Dedicated elf
need sealing on the ends and i think the will be ok
riri7707
Full time elf
Regarding my experience with outside lights,
The problem here will come with condensation generation inside who will convert the embedded air in the balls into water, even if they are sealed perfectly, at end they will fail.
This results because outside temperature changes from sunny day to night, cold and humidity.
The real solution is to seal perfectly inside the ballcb, componenents and conections by recovering them using transparent resin (costly), then pratice small holes il the ball itself for air circulation to evacuate the humidity created.
Thats why most of the outside displays are resin covered and no air inside.
For the example, take a detailled look on standard external flood light or outside lights enclosures.
You will always discover a small hole in the enclosure to prevent moisture...
You can experiment easily with one ball and you will see after some days outside under rain.
The problem here will come with condensation generation inside who will convert the embedded air in the balls into water, even if they are sealed perfectly, at end they will fail.
This results because outside temperature changes from sunny day to night, cold and humidity.
The real solution is to seal perfectly inside the ball
cb, componenents and conections by recovering them using transparent resin (costly), then pratice small holes il the ball itself for air circulation to evacuate the humidity created. Thats why most of the outside displays are resin covered and no air inside.
For the example, take a detailled look on standard external flood light or outside lights enclosures.
You will always discover a small hole in the enclosure to prevent moisture...
You can experiment easily with one ball and you will see after some days outside under rain.
kane
Dedicated elf
Is anyone else looking at using these balls?
I've asked Ray about an IP rated version - he's done some experimenting and is going to send me some samples, so will be interesting to see how they go. I want to use quite a few of them this year...
(he also said that they were already UV rated - has anyone experimented with leaving these out in the sun?)
Cheers
Kane
I've asked Ray about an IP rated version - he's done some experimenting and is going to send me some samples, so will be interesting to see how they go. I want to use quite a few of them this year...
(he also said that they were already UV rated - has anyone experimented with leaving these out in the sun?)
Cheers
Kane