jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 How many of you guys have had to use em?I am curious to find out if I will need snubbers for my M5 icicles and C9s. The M5s will be twelve strands end to end and the C9s will be six.M5s:http://www.environmentalled.com/M5-70L-Icicle-Lights-Pure-White-and-Blue-WHITE-WIRE-p1279.htmlC9s:http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/p/C9-LED-Faceted-Multicolored-Prelamped-25-Light-Set,-Green-Wire-Premium-C9-LED%27s--20348--739.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I haven't used these lights, but what I would do is attach 12 strands and test fading them (fast and slow), including partial fades, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Ok will do. And if i have issues I can either plug in a set of incands or a glades plug in at the end of the string right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 jjdurrant wrote: Ok will do. And if i have issues I can either plug in a set of incands or a glades plug in at the end of the string right?Yes, my understanding is that you just need some additional load on the sting. I bought a handful of glade plug-ins last year (just in-case) but ended up not needing any of them. Some others here (or on PC) make some home-made snubbers instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Thanks, I am going to test tonight. I would only need snubbers for two stings so I will probably go the glade plug ins route or use a string on incands which I can hide in my gutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 jjdurrant wrote: ...or use a string on incands which I can hide in my gutters.Dual purpose - I like it - keeps your gutters from freezing. Don't forget the downspouts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 George Simmons wrote:jjdurrant wrote: ...or use a string on incands which I can hide in my gutters.Dual purpose - I like it - keeps your gutters from freezing. Don't forget the downspouts...Good call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Good news. I tested my strings end to end and they dimmed without issue. No Snubbers needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Good! Now the next hurdle is when the lights are connected to a powered-up controller, are they completely off when they're supposed to be? Or is there sometimes a very soft, eerie sort of glow from them in the dark? This would also indicate the need for a snubber/terminator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 They appear to be fully off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wingert Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 jjdurrant wrote: Good news. I tested my strings end to end and they dimmed without issue. No Snubbers needed.We have the same lights, I dont get it? You have 4 or more hooked together? That was the magic # for me, 4. Soon as that was exceeded the snub was required. Thats interesting...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 True. But I didn't test the 5mm which we both have since I am only using three strands per channel on my minitrees.The icicles and 5mm from their site are not the same brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wingert Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 jjdurrant wrote: True. But I didn't test the 5mm which we both have since I am only using three strands per channel on my minitrees.The icicles and 5mm from their site are not the same brand.Ok makes sense. Well thats good news for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdurrant Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 pokrplr wrote: jjdurrant wrote: True. But I didn't test the 5mm which we both have since I am only using three strands per channel on my minitrees.The icicles and 5mm from their site are not the same brand.Ok makes sense. Well thats good news for youyeah.. I am happy. Wouldn't have been a big deal this year though.. I would have only needed snubbers on two channels.. now next year when I have a couple hundred channels!! HEHE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Priest Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Snubbers? Friends--we should be all inclusive in our endeavors to create a perfect Christmas-palooza.(Snicker,snicker). Seriously,while I have never seen nor used these devices,I imagine their purpose is to allow LEDs to either dim or dim more smoothly. Am I right and can anyone enlighten me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Ralph Priest wrote: I imagine their purpose is to allow LEDs to either dim or dim more smoothly. Yes, that is essentially correct. They also allow recalcitrant LED's to go completely off when they're supposed to be off.... and can anyone enlighten me? Now you're opening up an entirely different can of worms. There are many people in this world that God himself couldn't enlighten. I'm afraid I don't have nearly enough information to answer this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Young Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 That was a good one George!ROTFLMAO!Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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