craigecooper Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 i attached the 4 part wire frame star i am planning on building for next year. I was thinking a separate channel on each of the 4 stars and some drip tubes radiating out around the circumference as a 5th channel. On a budget, was just going to zip tie white minis to the wire frame. Does anyone have any tips or thoughts on easier / better before I get started. This will just hang from the high gable on the front of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad02 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Add a CCR down the road.http://youtu.be/b55mgw_0Jw8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigecooper Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 did you have any closeup pics of the construction ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad02 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 (edited) The wire frame is from Darryl, 2' 2D.Something going on with the attachments right now, not sure why I can;t upload the picture. Edited December 28, 2012 by BrianC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigecooper Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 one followup question for anyone, in stringing LED mini's on the 4 star layers, is there a way to make them custom fit or do I just have to black some out ? I wasn't sure how the voltage thing works with LED since I see strings of 35,50,60,70,100... there can't be that many different voltages of LED to make those work in series on a 110v connection. Can there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Effectively I have built my own LED strings. (converted strings in spiral trees). I know that your white, green, blue and a few others have a 3.3 - 3.6 volt drops. Taking 110VAC and running it through a full wave bridge, I can only string 46 LEDs in series. Have you ever noticed what we call a wire wart in the wires. Even notice that the 50, 70, and 100 count strings have 3 or 4 wire warts? All of the LEDs between the wire warts are a sub string. I just got done this fall making a mega tree with 100 ct strings. Red string had 3 wire warts. While the white and green had 4 wire warts. The red, org, and yellow LEDs have a 2.2v forward rating. Roughly 70 LEDs of the R, O, or Y can be strung in series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigecooper Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 i need to look at the strings i bought for this year more closely. Both whites and reds were 60 cnt's. White should have way under powered and even the red a little short on voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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