Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Is this possible to do?? For 2006 I'm making a meag tree has 48 channels, 24 blue and 24 white.Can I wire 24 channels to each other like this? Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Brett,You can wire as show.... I assume you are using mini lights and if so then with a single power feed (at 20 amps) you are limited to 5000-6000 lights on at one time. After that you trip the breaker in your house's breaker box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 or this just have all the boards in one enclosure. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 yes i am using mini's each color will have 4800 lights. so it will be fine then good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Brett, Why are you wanting to split your power that way? In the first picture you show 20 amps (12 AWG input) getting split between what is effectively three boards, thus only giving yourself only 6.66 amps per 8 channels max. To top that off, you should always use the 80% rule on the cords which only gives you 16 amps to split for the 24 channels. I guess I don't understand why you wouldn't just go ahead and put real male plugs on each 8 channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 You do know that with the 20 amp fuse and seperate power cords the 16D can handle 20amps per side. The 8D with the 20amp fuse can handle 20amps. That gives you 60amps total. The way you have it wired you could only go a max. of 20amps less 20%.Seems like a waste to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Well I will do it the normal way then but each 24 channels I only need 4800 lights, which is less then 20 amps. but it really doesnt make sense to do it that way i was just trying to make less plugs for the units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Obviousl yyou could wire it however you want but then you would have to rewire it for other applications. Probably best to wire it normally then you could use those units wherever needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Thanks Jeff probably is a smarter Idea to do it that way for the future use, wheres do you think I would go about a unit to house a 16 and 8 channel controller, it would have to be like 15 inches long or so. I mean it doesnt bothe me making the enclusre outta topaware again, but I do it by burning the plastic and carving it to the size I need to fit the knockout holes.( probably am buring poisiness gases!!!!) And I dont like having my controllers sit on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Thanks Jeff probably is a smarter Idea to do it that way for the future use, wheres do you think I would go about a unit to house a 16 and 8 channel controller, it would have to be like 15 inches long or so. I mean it doesnt bothe me making the enclusre outta topaware again, but I do it by burning the plastic and carving it to the size I need to fit the knockout holes.( probably am buring poisiness gases!!!!) And I dont like having my controllers sit on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 well... if you can wire it up right.. you really dont need 50 gazillion channels (imaginative , I know!) But it helps prove a point. you can set maybe at max 16 channels to control 48 light sets easily and be able to turn from one color to the next. I used 4 channels on my tree this year believe it or not and next year by the plans so far it will only double to about 8 LOR channels, yes that's 8, not 16, not 32 but just 8. i heard someone on here say once.. the simplier the better sometimes.. and to me for something like this i think this is a BIG factor. if you haven't already here's a preview of my tree with just 4 LOR channels in use.. http://computerizedchristmas.iodbbs.com/Wizardsinwinter2.mpg I'm just trying to maybe save you money in the long run! If you really do need the 48 channels then go for it, but i sometimes consider each set a channel.. a big waste! but your thinking seems decent.. but SEPERATE power lines is better than combined, lots more flexability in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I don't see what the big deal is with multiple controllers on one ciircuit? If you don't need more than 20 amps, why waste multiple controllers? My mega tree has 5400 lights and 48 channels, but it only draws 18 amps if they are all on at once. So, I've got 3 16 channel controllers plugged into one circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 It's not the same circuit issue, it was daisy chaining the power with one male plug running 24 channels. It wasn't a problem anyway, just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I must have missed that part. I'd put separate plugs, but no reason they could be on one circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 This year my mega tree had 8 channels and I'm making a major upgrade to 48, It will be thet main item of my display, and thanks Jeff for explaining it to Derek, seemed like I was getting yelled at. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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