What are you changing this year? Elements you are building or installing for 2023
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I’m interested to know—as I hope to add a mega tree next year—what the benefits are? Is it purely better resolution for better faces/effects? Or is there more to it?
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For those interested I created a new thread just with the details on how I updated my Megatree strands.
Updating My Megatree
There are many different Megatrees but this one is mine. My megatree started life with 24 - 50 pixel strands spaced 2" apart. It was nice and looked awesome from down the street but was a little harder to see details when someone was fairly close on the sidewalk or in front of my house. This...
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Yard Day 1? - Spent some time in the yard today putting things out. We'll call this 40% done for today. Still need 4 more Mini-Trees, a MegaTree w/ Topper and my 5 triple Arches to put out. Ran out of rebar stakes, so will need to get some on Friday.
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Well after a storm that went through Adelaide earlier this week, one out of two bigger mini trees is back into position after it managed to go wandering after managing to break free of its support pole. Upon testing the tree last night one of its pixels had stopped working. On inspection a resistor has gone brown. Given tonight is lights on for me I just swapped out the string and all works again.
How is everyone is going, are you on track to light up as planned or has poor weather set you back?
How is everyone is going, are you on track to light up as planned or has poor weather set you back?
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Yard Day 2: The days are getting further apart due to other commitments. The next thing up most likely will be the megatree sometime next week I think.
Day 2 was me finally hanging my GE baby Grand Illusions on the first floor. They hang lower than I planned so I will need to raise them up a bit.
Day 2 was me finally hanging my GE baby Grand Illusions on the first floor. They hang lower than I planned so I will need to raise them up a bit.
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Yard Day 3 - The rise of the MegaTree!
Technically this is the start of day 4 but I missed the day 3 image so I took it before starting work on day 4.
Since I started to build the tree I thought perhaps I should build the star for the top of it. Upgraded to a GE 36-270 this year.
Oh yeah, I built a F16v3 controller into a CG1500 to run the tree. I'll take a picture when it is hooked up to the tree I guess.
Technically this is the start of day 4 but I missed the day 3 image so I took it before starting work on day 4.
Since I started to build the tree I thought perhaps I should build the star for the top of it. Upgraded to a GE 36-270 this year.
Oh yeah, I built a F16v3 controller into a CG1500 to run the tree. I'll take a picture when it is hooked up to the tree I guess.
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Laugh all you want, but it only took me five nights to realise I had two separate elements operating in reverse. Tonight I finally corrected it. Nothing was wrong in software, I just mistakenly connected the first element's cable to the second element's controller output and vice versa 
. Oh and I only realised this mistake after videoing the display and watching it back 
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. Oh and I only realised this mistake after videoing the display and watching it back .
Don't worry @ryanschristmaslights I did the same thing this year too; took me quiet some time to realise it as well. Fortunately I'm not videoing until this Saturday though 
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Yard Day 4 - The Star 's Revenge
Well, not sure if this is a total win or not but the Megatree is functional. The star is having issues though. It'll start the sequence and then go into weird random lock up mode. Need to get it sorted out.
Well, not sure if this is a total win or not but the Megatree is functional. The star is having issues though. It'll start the sequence and then go into weird random lock up mode. Need to get it sorted out.
Please keep posting all the jobs you have left—it’s making me feel better
I still have to mount my house verticals, rooflines, and make a house-topper star… and no time off until 18th!
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Yard Day 5: Arch Rivals
Took down the 36-270 star so I can figure out where I broke it. Added in my last 2 verticals. When testing I found out that they were all wired to the ports in reverse order and I never figured it out until now. Put out my 5 new triple arches to find that the first one instantly went mostly white and multicolored. The rest of the arches worked fine. Swapped out an extension which did not help. Put in a null pixel int he middle of the extension runa nd that solved the issue.
Just need to fix the star and the garage vertical and I can be done.
Took down the 36-270 star so I can figure out where I broke it. Added in my last 2 verticals. When testing I found out that they were all wired to the ports in reverse order and I never figured it out until now. Put out my 5 new triple arches to find that the first one instantly went mostly white and multicolored. The rest of the arches worked fine. Swapped out an extension which did not help. Put in a null pixel int he middle of the extension runa nd that solved the issue.
Just need to fix the star and the garage vertical and I can be done.
Nice spiral mini-trees!