Archer Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Does anybody have a good source for strobe lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhunt240 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Wow lights has a decent deal on a 100pk I just bought them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw01 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Incandescent xenon type or the led style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhunt240 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Xenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw01 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Mine have not arrived yet to compare, but mine were part of the pre-sale from Christmas-leds.com. not impressed with the LED ones I got on another pre-sale, but christmas-leds,com has my spt2 wire that my c9 sockets go to to finish the testing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 http://www.christmaslightshow.com/mini-strobe-light.html. I use these. I have around 40, only 3 have failed in four years. All types of weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmes Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Try these: http://store.lightsmusicmagic.com/WL-STROBE-ICL-E17-E17-Base-8W-Strobe-Light-Incandescent-130-Flash-Minute_p_3816.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapajez Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 http://www.christmaslightshow.com/mini-strobe-light.html. I use these. I have around 40, only 3 have failed in four years. All types of weather Stupid noob question here. It looks like at a minimum, you would have to purchase each bulb separately, and then the appropriate number of 5-socket C9 strings to match? Is there any retailer that sells these fully assembled, just ready to be popped onto a LOR controller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Wow lights sells sets of strobe lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I just use old c-9 strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapajez Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I just use old c-9 stringsCould you elaborate? Are you saying you buy the individual bulbs from the sites above, and simply plug them into your old C9 strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 That's what most people are doing. I just cut off the sockets that I'm not using ie. on my roof but some of my strings still have all their sockets & are just left open depending on where they are placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litedanite Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Are these the lights people use to give it the camera flash around the display? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Are these the lights people use to give it the camera flash around the display? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litedanite Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yes.Thanx! I was just going to post a question but thought I would look around, glad I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 They look great in mega trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapajez Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Wow lights sells sets of strobe lightsI see a set here: http://www.wowlights.com/ProductDetail.asp?Category=14&Product=267 But is $700 for 100 bulbs the best deal you can get (without assembly)? Is 100 strobe bulbs too much for a smaller house anyway? How many are in the average Mega Tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I see a set here: http://www.wowlights.com/ProductDetail.asp?Category=14&Product=267 But is $700 for 100 bulbs the best deal you can get (without assembly)? Is 100 strobe bulbs too much for a smaller house anyway? How many are in the average Mega Tree?Depending on how big your Mega Tree is and your taste and *****I only had 5 strobes in each of 2 trees last year. Ran them straight down the middle trunk. Looked ok, but not great. Ordered 50 more during the pre-sales this year - really gonna pop my yard. But I'm still just using 5 on those trees. Adding the others at a rate of 5 each gutter downspout along the front of my house. Spread the pop out sorts. I say all this to say - spread your pop out too. Buying the 100 roll might be ok, but if you want to spread out you'll need to cut a use some vampire plugs. I bought 25 count sets of C9 incandescents for $1 each after Christmas last year. I cut where I need, add a vampire plug here & there. Really cheap way out. And the incandescents save me from having to spend a lot of money on fireworks for the 4th. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 And the debate continues - George and others say I waste time and money buying/using LED strobes. Buy xenon if you want to make the forum happy. But it's kinda like the "how many" question - each to their own.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapajez Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the help to date. For the record, the Wow Lights 100-light set is actual 4 x 25-light sets, but good to know you can get by with a fewer/smaller light strands. I guess each bulb goes a long way. So any strand of C9-lights, with the individual bulbs popped in will get the job done? Does it matter if the used C9 strings are incandescent or LED? Is there some rating you need to pay attention to, and/or do they just plug into a 16-channel LOR controller like anything else? This was my display from last year. I was thinking one 25-strand in the megatree (might swap it out with dumb RGB lights this year), and spreading the other 3 along the roof. Edited July 2, 2015 by Rapajez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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