Bradnsteph28 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I am very excited to have found this site. I have been putting up lights on my house since I was a kid. I recently saw a beautiful show locally that was being used to raise money for a local food bank. I am involved in my church and would love to first do this as my hobby and also why not raise money for a charity. I live in a nice ranch home all brick. I have a three car garage and one full grown tree in my front yard. My lot is not very large, but I do have room to put up some fun stuff. My roof is very steep and will not allow for lights on top of roof. I do line my roof now. If you had to start over, what would you do differently? Where would you start? I was thinking just two 16 channels. make some lights dance and then build from there. Adding arches, spiral trees, etc. every year. I do want this to start out basic and then build every year. Should I use all led? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Where in the state of missori? I am about 1 hour west of STL on 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Max would be a huge help to you if you're able to meet up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Welcome Bradnsteph28 ! St Louis MO here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EARLE W. TALLEY Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Max and Bob are two of the best, so latch on to them and you will go places in this hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradnsteph28 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 Wentzville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Benson Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 To answer your Question what Would I do if I was starting now ? I would go directly to RGB based Lighting. The cost has come down so muchthat it makes sense. This Hobby is like any other, you always want the next thing. Who Knows what that is, but RGB and Pixel is the coolest thing out there right now. I built all of my LOR controllers from Kit, At the time I felt it was the Best option. Now with several vendors making low cost Pixel controllers and networking devices and the availability of low cost LED pixel strings, It's a no Brainer for me. All future money will be spent on RGB or Pixel devices. If you want plug and play, I still feel LOR is the best choice. It allows you to use what you have right now and get a very nice result.If there are no other animated displays in your area, you will blow them away with 32 channels. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbltrukr1 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 After my 1st year I would have to say plan ahead, PLAN WAY AHEAD... Look at your display as you lay it out, where are the best places for your controllers? Where is your power supply? Are you controlling props on the other side of the yard/house? Should you move it closer to prop/farther from power? Keep a notebook, write down your ideas as you have them, write down your mistakes too. Vampire plugs and zip cord is the way to go, order more than you think you need because you will need them. Use the forums, the knowledge you can get here is very helpful. Search the topic you need help with, not what you need to know? Ask, someone will know the answer. Look at shared sequences to help you build your own, there are a lot of LOR addicts who share their hard work. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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