jevely Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 This year I'm going to devote one 16 channel controller to Leaping Arches. I would like to get some input on which would be a more impressive display - 3 arches with 5 segments or 2 arches with 7 segments?Maybe 5 or even 7 segments are not enough to get a fluid motion. Any thoughts?I've also noticed that a lot of people use odd numbers of segments; is this to have a segment centered in the middle of the arch?Thanks,Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownTown Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Jim -7 Segments will certainly give you a smoother motion through the arch. It would depend on how big the arch is, and how fast the motion is moving through them. I believe most people use an odd number of channels per color per arch so that they have a "center" position.D.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mitchell Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 How about four 7 channel arches and have them paired off. 1 and 4 together and 2 and 3 together. This would give you a lot of sequencing options and still use less than one controller.7 channels look very smooth. See any of my 07 videos for proof.www.claremontchristmaslights.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevely Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks for the replies guys. It never occurred to me to pair off arches to save on the number of channels... just a newbie still learning!Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hertig Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 How about having 1 and 3 together and 2 and 4 together? This way, all arches could scan in the same direction, or the first 2 and the last 2 could either scan towards each other or away from each other. In this case, the middle 2 would be the opposite of the outer 2 pairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Can I tag on to this arch question on the length of each segment ?Is 24 inches for each of 7 segments too big? My test tells me this will be 5 strings of 50 minis on 3/4 in PVC. I bought minis which are 4 inches apart so the wire is shorter. Oops! I thought I was doing a good thing.How common is it for people to cut and splice 100s down to single wire 50s versus just using the minis as they come with three wires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffF Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 ItsMeBobO wrote: How common is it for people to cut and splice 100s down to single wire 50s versus just using the minis as they come with three wires?I've done it a dozen times over the past few months and haven't had a problem. I think it's probably one of those person preference situations... to me it's just easier to cut them down than go buy some 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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