jimswinder Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: Jim did you lag bolt your frame to your trusses for extra support, it kind of looks like you did but I can't tell from the photo, no...did not bolt it down at allwith 120lbs of sand and another 150lbs of lights I was not worried about it lifting up...when my tree fell over it was because it first bent, then the force and weight of the lights broke the pipe...then all that energy had to go somewhere (plus as soon as it bent and broke the guys wires went slack) so it tipped over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 jimswinder wrote: with 120lbs of sand and another 150lbs of lights I was not worried about it lifting up...when my tree fell over it was because it first bent, then the force and weight of the lights broke the pipe...then all that energy had to go somewhere (plus as soon as it bent and broke the guys wires went slack) so it tipped over...In the one photo with your bottom ring are you going to support that so the weight transfers to the roof that way it won't bend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: jimswinder wrote: with 120lbs of sand and another 150lbs of lights I was not worried about it lifting up...when my tree fell over it was because it first bent, then the force and weight of the lights broke the pipe...then all that energy had to go somewhere (plus as soon as it bent and broke the guys wires went slack) so it tipped over...In the one photo with your bottom ring are you going to support that so the weight transfers to the roof that way it won't bend?the ring ended up sitting on the sandbags...but the ring, at least mine tends to bend UP not down because of the tension I put on the strings that the lights are tie wrapped to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 can't wait to see the finished product being up that high the WOW factor should be large great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: can't wait to see the finished product being up that high the WOW factor should be large great job16' Mega tree on the higher peak (was supposed to be my 24' CCB Tree)12 CCR Tree on the lower peak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Jeff Millard wrote: jimswinder wrote: when my tree fell over it was because it first bent, then the force and weight of the lights broke the pipe...then all that energy had to go somewhere (plus as soon as it bent and broke the guys wires went slack) so it tipped over...Even with all the ribbing you get for this, you have to know that incident was a very sad time for all of us... It was such a cool design...JeffThats why we can't wait to see this years tree Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: Jeff Millard wrote: Even with all the ribbing you get for this, you have to know that incident was a very sad time for all of us... It was such a cool design...Thanks Jeff...Thats why we can't wait to see this years tree Jim you probably already have...just going to be exactly like Brians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 jimswinder wrote: you probably already have...just going to be exactly like Brians...Are those all CCRs? that is a show stopper for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: Jeff Millard wrote: jimswinder wrote: when my tree fell over it was because it first bent, then the force and weight of the lights broke the pipe...then all that energy had to go somewhere (plus as soon as it bent and broke the guys wires went slack) so it tipped over...Even with all the ribbing you get for this, you have to know that incident was a very sad time for all of us... It was such a cool design...JeffThats why we can't wait to see this years tree Jim And I'm sure it will stand and be proud for the entire season, just like Jim!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLTSLC Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Hey Jim, I'm curious...I'm going to be running 9 CCRs on my two rooflines, 4 on the top line and 5 on the bottom. If you house all the CCRs in a single enclosure, how do you feel is the best way to run the CCRs across the rooflines given the short distance between the power cord and the actual ribbon if they're all in a centralized enclosure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I do believe you will run into a problem if you try and lengthen the 4 wires going to the ribbon.If my memory serves me correctly, it has been discussed elsewhere here, and I think you will have a power drop to the LED's at the end of the ribbon and they may not operate properly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 DLTSLC wrote: Hey Jim, I'm curious...I'm going to be running 9 CCRs on my two rooflines, 4 on the top line and 5 on the bottom. If you house all the CCRs in a single enclosure, how do you feel is the best way to run the CCRs across the rooflines given the short distance between the power cord and the actual ribbon if they're all in a centralized enclosure?check out this thread:http://forums.lightorama.com/forum89/27952.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLTSLC Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thx for the reply. I know there are ways to do it as other people have run ccrs across their rooflines. I'm just curious what wire they used to not fault the signal transfer across the length of the extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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