Army Lights Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Is there a such thing as a delay I can place between items/strands to make them go off in a delayed fashion, thus saving myself channels. Here's what I mean: I have 10 candy canes (plugged into each other in sequence) that I have on one channel. I would like them to chase, but I only have 16 channels. Is there any kind of hardware I can buy that would create a delay between the time they do a particular action? Hopefully that was somewhat coherant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyent Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Army Lights wrote:Is there a such thing as a delay I can place between items/strands to make them go off in a delayed fashion, thus saving myself channels. Here's what I mean: I have 10 candy canes (plugged into each other in sequence) that I have on one channel. I would like them to chase, but I only have 16 channels. Is there any kind of hardware I can buy that would create a delay between the time they do a particular action? Hopefully that was somewhat coherant.I'm sorry, but all I know of is something like this, http://www.activemusician.com/item--MC.RSP844, and I think more LOR channels would just be cheaper. I'm sure someone would know how to build your own relay, but I haven't ever seen anything like it online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug petschke Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I have heard of people modifying chaser light controllers ( the ones you buy in stores) to do what you want to do. for what its worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti03 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Army Lights wrote: Is there a such thing as a delay I can place between items/strands to make them go off in a delayed fashion, thus saving myself channels. Here's what I mean: I have 10 candy canes (plugged into each other in sequence) that I have on one channel. I would like them to chase, but I only have 16 channels. Is there any kind of hardware I can buy that would create a delay between the time they do a particular action? Hopefully that was somewhat coherant.Good Morning! I'd like to preface this with a shout out and Thanks to all our armed forces serving our country today and everyday.To answer your question, no I have not seen anything commercially available to do what you want to do. Now having said that I can think of a couple of ways to do this. But youre going to end up hiring someone to make up a proto board. Basically its an adjustable timing circuit using some fairly standard IC chips and solid state relays. Not terribly sophistciated for a peson familiar with circuits but buying another controller would be less expensive, or if youre feeling up to it, a controller kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heystew Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Not completely sure that I understand exactly how you want this to work, but I have used Delay on Make or Delay on Break Timers/Relays before. Some can be had for around $5-10 on ebay. Search around as there are many variants for diffent voltages and different timings/timing ranges. (some are adjustable, some fixed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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