Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 After playing around with LOR and making a few sequences, I have found that real lights look differently compared to the animation window.I have nine 7' tall tree wire frames that I am putting in a line in front of my house. To get a feel of how it is going to react I built a miniature out of c7 bulbs.http://www.barncow.com/christmas/lor-tester.swfThis has helped a lot because some things that I thought were going to look good ended up not looking so great. I have had to adjust the brightness many times to other levels to get the desired look I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I would have to agree, I built a simulator board several months back (see attached link) and noticed that it just did not look the same as it did in the animation wizard, now I also used C7 bulbs for my simulator and the reaction times do seem to be different, but I think the reaction time between mini's, C7, C9 and 40, 60, 100 and 150 watt bulbs will also all be different (that would be a cool experiment, might just have to do). But to build a board that will have all the different types of lights as my display would have would be next to insane (ok some may say I am pushing that anyway and would not be too far from the truth;)). Bottom line when I sequence I watch the board to see how the timing is.http://planetchristmas.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=4128&forum_id=13&highlight=simulatorBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 P.S. it is way too much fun to play with the lights, is it not:waycool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Just wait till you see it live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Here's my version of a tester.Mounted nightlights on a V-shaped piece of wood. Made it V-shaped because with a straight piece the short pigtail outlets of the LOR put too much tension on the far left and right lights.$2.00 for a pack of 4 nightlights from WallyWorld, $8.00 total. Brought the ones with a flat top. Drilled holes and screwed to the wood. Then electrical tape to cover the light sensors. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Nightlights! You're a genius! I've been building single bulb c7 lights to light my pumpkins and some of my Christmas lights. Using nightlights might be faster and neater. *kicks self* (Don't worry, it was just a love tap.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 It is a nice setup, but I think sacrificing a C7 set of lights with vampire plugs would be far cheaper. I am just a little worried about the photocell covered electrical tape causing even the slighest delay in the light turning on, but once again it does look nice.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 skibozo wrote: $2.00 for a pack of 4 nightlights from WallyWorld, $8.00 total.I bought eight of those and they didn’t work correctly. Fist off, they didn’t come on at full brightness. Second, when I slowly dimmed from off to full on, at certain points they would flash wildly. I ended up sanding the bottom down, cutting off the sensor, pulling the small circuit board out, cutting off all of the components and added one jumper. I covered the hole on the bottom with some heavy duty electrical tape (looks kind of like duct tape).Now they work right!:] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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