Led Flood lights, anyone know of a good online store?

[webbie]

Hey everyone,

Im in need of some led flood lights that will fade. Red/ Green and white.

Any of you know a good store online?

[Guest guest]

Depending on what you are trying to do, this may do the trick. IMHO, you can't beat the product or the customer service:

http://www.christmasonmanor.com/rainbowfloodlight/rfl.htm

For LED spots, I bought a bunch here:

http://www.christmasinkent.com/MR16sales.htm

[Greg]

I second the Rainbow Floods. I just put 6 of these together this week and they are phenomenal!!

[Paul Roberson]

I recommend the rainbow flood also.

They do require some work on your part. Even if you buy the assymbled ones. They still have to be put into some type of housing.

I do not know of a LED flood that you can just buy put in your yard and plug up.

[Jim Hans]

Last year I got a couple of LED floods here http://www.minionsweb.com/ and they were great. Ordered more this year. Good product and good customer service. If you have any questions send them an e-mail. I received responses the same day. You missed their pre-sale but their prices are still OK.

[Guest guest]

Jim Hans wrote:

Last year I got a couple of LED floods here http://www.minionsweb.com/ and they were great. Ordered more this year. Good product and good customer service. If you have any questions send them an e-mail. I received responses the same day. You missed their pre-sale but their prices are still OK.

Not to bash those guys at all, but, I had an order in for some LED spots this year, and finally cancelled the order...looked like they were having some serious product delivery challenges. Not sure if that has changed over the last 30-60 days...

[Greg Young]

Jim Hans wrote:

Last year I got a couple of LED floods here http://www.minionsweb.com/ and they were great. Ordered more this year. Good product and good customer service. If you have any questions send them an e-mail. I received responses the same day. You missed their pre-sale but their prices are still OK.

I purchased from them last season as well. LEDs were good, but quality was iffy.

4 of the 9 had the glass cover fall off! I talked to Corey and he mentioned there were issues with the silicone they used to seal the glass. I secured them with Shoe-goo, which I know will not allow that to happen again.

Unfortunately one, when the glass came off, broke on the ground, so I am going to make a lexan cover and attach that.

Also one of the 4 had the bulb fall off of the socket. I was able to reattach the wire in the socket (a little challenging but I got it), and then secured the socket with epoxy.

If I were to do it again, I would go with the rainbow flood, or similar.

I will still be using these floods, as I purchased a number of metal fixtures, so no sense in wasting the time and $$ I have in them...

Again, the floods look very good, and aside from the quality control issues, they work as I hoped they would.

Greg

[WhitePlainsNY]

I too am considering LED floods but I'm lost as to what I'd need. I have LOR controllers, using a PC with S2. What's the list of equipment that someone would need to use a Rainbow Flood? I've been to the Christmasonmanor website but I'm a little befuddled.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Paul Roberson]

WhitePlainsNY wrote:

I too am considering LED floods but I'm lost as to what I'd need. I have LOR controllers, using a PC with S2. What's the list of equipment that someone would need to use a Rainbow Flood? I've been to the Christmasonmanor website but I'm a little befuddled.

Thanks,

Chuck

1) Rainbow Floods, Rainbow Brain, LOR iDMX1000, Power Supply. This option would also require a rj45 to XLR 3 pin converter. The converter would go from the iDMX to the Rainbow Brain.


The Rainbow floods would hook to the Rainbow Brain (up to 5 seperate floods) by pluging in cat5 cables between the two. The Power supplies output would need to be hooked to the power input for the Rainbow Brain. As mentioned above the iDMX will hook to the Brain with the converter. The iDMX will hook to your other LOR controllers with a cat5 cable.


2) Rainbow Floods, LOR DC controller, Power Supply.

Here the Floods would hook to the DC board using a Cat5 cable. The cat5 cable would plug into the flood and you would need to cut the end off the other end and wire it to the DC controller channels. The power supply would hook to the DC controller, powering it and the floods. The DC controller would hook to your other LOR controllers with a cat5 cable.

Option 1 is the most expensive if you do not already own a iDMX1000.

There are many options as far as power supplies go. The one in the link above, I am pretty sure is the one Greg recommends.

It can be done cheaper than the links I have listed above. Some like the Rainbow Floods, and Rainbow Brain are also sold in kit form. The links above are assembled.

Both options will also of course require cat5 cabling. 1 per flood (the floods get their power and commands thru a cat5 cable), 1 for idmx1000, 1 for DC controller.


You would also need to wire a power cord onto the the power supply in either option above.

I may have provided more information than you were looking for. I also may have over looked something. If I did I am sure someone will correct me.

[WhitePlainsNY]

Paul Roberson wrote:

WhitePlainsNY wrote:

I too am considering LED floods but I'm lost as to what I'd need. I have LOR controllers, using a PC with S2. What's the list of equipment that someone would need to use a Rainbow Flood? I've been to the Christmasonmanor website but I'm a little befuddled.

Thanks,

Chuck

1) Rainbow Floods, Rainbow Brain, LOR iDMX1000, Power Supply. This option would also require a rj45 to XLR 3 pin converter. The converter would go from the iDMX to the Rainbow Brain.



2) Rainbow Floods, LOR DC controller, Power Supply.

Option 1 is the most expensive if you do not already own a iDMX1000.

There are many options as far as power supplies go. The one in the link above, I am pretty sure is the one Greg recommends.

It can be done cheaper than the links I have listed above. Some like the Rainbow Floods, and Rainbow Brain are also sold in kit form. The links above are assymbled.

Both options will also of course require cat5 cabling. 1 per flood (the floods get their power and commands thru a cat5 cable), 1 for idmx1000, 1 for DC controller.


I may have provided more information than you were looking for. I also may have over looked something. If I did I am sure someone will correct me.

That's exactly what I was looking for - thank you.

Chuck

[Paul Roberson]

WhitePlainsNY wrote:


That's exactly what I was looking for - thank you.

Chuck



I edited my post with more of what you have to do to get it all hooked up.

Some people don't understand that its not quite like plugging in a light string to a "regular" LOR controller. : )

[gizmomkr]

I know its beaten to death, but I have to put my .02 in - I too was skeptical of the rainbow flood. I ordered 1, tried it - LOVED it, I have now built 3 and am about to order another.

I will honestly say RED could be a bit brighter, but for the price, they just cant be beat. If I didnt want to build it and wire it all, I'd probably get an american DJ LED par, or a Chauvet (think I spelled it close) But then I would have to get the iDMX, and I dont want to do that. Also Christmas on Manor has just been a pleasure to do business with. Im a huge fan. The first pic is really a fair representation of intensity and color. I have 2 on the front port pointed also straight up. My porch is white so it picks up the color great. There is one more in the yard, that doest show up good at all in the photo, but it looks fantastic in read life - its set to purple and makes a great looking "spooky graveyard"

[Guest guest]

Both options will also of course require cat5 cabling. 1 per flood (the floods get their power and commands thru a cat5 cable), 1 for idmx1000, 1 for DC controller.

If you prefer, for whatever reason, to not deal with cat-5/RJ-45s (I'm leaving them off due to the size of the enclosure I'm using), you can either hardwire it all the way back to the DC controller, or, hardwire to an outboard RJ-45...tons and tons of options..

You'll find this thread extremely useful:

http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/forum79/22328.html

[Paul Roberson]

DonFL wrote:

Both options will also of course require cat5 cabling. 1 per flood (the floods get their power and commands thru a cat5 cable), 1 for idmx1000, 1 for DC controller.

If you prefer, for whatever reason, to not deal with cat-5/RJ-45s (I'm leaving them off due to the size of the enclosure I'm using), you can either hardwire it all the way back to the DC controller, or, hardwire to an outboard RJ-45...tons and tons of options..

You'll find this thread extremely useful:

http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/forum79/22328.html

Good point. Yes there are tons of options. I have mine set up with 2 floods per housing. The two are hardwired together, and wired to an external female rj45 connector. I also have these female rj45 connectors wired to my DC board.

IF, I was just now looking at adding LED floods, I would be looking for the quickest hook up option. : )

[Guest guest]

Paul Roberson wrote:

DonFL wrote:

Both options will also of course require cat5 cabling. 1 per flood (the floods get their power and commands thru a cat5 cable), 1 for idmx1000, 1 for DC controller.

If you prefer, for whatever reason, to not deal with cat-5/RJ-45s (I'm leaving them off due to the size of the enclosure I'm using), you can either hardwire it all the way back to the DC controller, or, hardwire to an outboard RJ-45...tons and tons of options..

You'll find this thread extremely useful:

http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/forum79/22328.html

Good point. Yes there are tons of options. I have mine set up with 2 floods per housing. The two are hardwired together, and wired to an external female rj45 connector. I also have these female rj45 connectors wired to my DC board.

IF, I was just now looking at adding LED floods, I would be looking for the quickest hook up option. : )

Good point. I'm just now doing my first enclosure, and it's nothing but fast...I still might look at other connectorization options for the second one, and third (still deciding on third). I've chopped the end off the weatherized RJ-45 connector/jumper, but a pain to manage wiring that in, and then hot gluing the boards, using spacers to the lens.

If you don't mind a little size to your enclosure, going big enough to accomodate the RJ-45 has its merits. For the enclosure I'm using, it is either 1 board with, or 2 without, and I definitely am in the two RFs per enclosure camp.

[Ponddude]

Also, don't forget I have the adapter plate in the store for those that want to easily attach the floods to the enclosure from Lowe's.

I have heard a lot of you wanting the red's brighter, and I certainly understand. There are some major changes coming on how Christmas On Manor...which will now be Seasonal Entertainment...does business in 2011. Unfortunately, Paypal, under the direction of new tax laws, has changed how things can be done. Paypal is now going to report everything to the government as far as sales. It is really unfortunate, but I will now have to charge tax and pay it each quarter...lucky me. There will be a lot of information released on what we are really doing at the beginning of 2011 at some point.

The good news by becoming a "real" company, we have access to a lot of different suppliers that will only do business with corporations. I have made contact with a supplier of LEDs directly. They are going to produce LEDs, within the same specs as the current ones, just with the same mcd rating. This will mean that all the LEDs will have the exact same light output. It also will unfortunately raise the price a little, but will make the lights much more consistent.

If you ever have any questions about the stuff on the site, you can send me an email at greg@christmasonmanor.com

Greg

[Paul Roberson]

Ponddude wrote:

The good news by becoming a "real" company, we have access to a lot of different suppliers that will only do business with corporations. I have made contact with a supplier of LEDs directly. They are going to produce LEDs, within the same specs as the current ones, just with the same mcd rating. This will mean that all the LEDs will have the exact same light output. It also will unfortunately raise the price a little, but will make the lights much more consistent.

If you ever have any questions about the stuff on the site, you can send me an email at greg@christmasonmanor.com

Greg

Since you did not say I have to ask. Does "have the exact same light output" mean the red will be brighter, OR will the blue and green not be as bright as they are now? ; )

[rmturner54]

I double second the Rainbow Floods. I have 3 of them. They are hardwired back to my DC controllers. I used the Utilitech halogen work light enclosures from lowes. If your a DIY'er then this is a simple project anyone can do with minimum soldering skills.

[Ponddude]

Paul Roberson wrote:

Ponddude wrote:

The good news by becoming a "real" company, we have access to a lot of different suppliers that will only do business with corporations. I have made contact with a supplier of LEDs directly. They are going to produce LEDs, within the same specs as the current ones, just with the same mcd rating. This will mean that all the LEDs will have the exact same light output. It also will unfortunately raise the price a little, but will make the lights much more consistent.

If you ever have any questions about the stuff on the site, you can send me an email at greg@christmasonmanor.com

Greg

Since you did not say I have to ask. Does "have the exact same light output" mean the red will be brighter, OR will the blue and green not be as bright as they are now? ; )

Currently the LEDs used have mcd ratings as follows:

Red: 1600
Green: 2500
Blue: 1600

The LEDs that will be used in the next version, next year, will all be 2600mcd. That is per LED.

[gizmomkr]

Brighter next year - Hang on , I gota go tell the wife Im buying more floods next year.

I was really surprisedt to see the green is actually the brightest - I always thought the blue was. maybe its the wavelength. or maybe im nuts.