godman Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'm building a 16' mega tree and was wondering what type of lights people are using and what spacing? (spacing on the string itself)I was thinking about a C6 or C7 LED String, Does that sound right? Also what should the bulb spacing (on the string) be? 4" 8" ?? I see several different bulb spacing's for sales, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) C6 is the most popular. At least from what I have seen and is what I have only used. Spacing could be 8" or a little more is good. Tighter the better but what ever you can afford. Because you can see thru the mega tree (seeing the back half of strands), spacing is forgiving when needed. Edited September 7, 2014 by Santas Helper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 The spacing needs to be even, assuming you are going all the way around. Height isn't as important as the circumference of your base ring or however you are attaching the strings to the ground. Also, the spacing is obviously based upon the number of strings you are using. Then simple calc for circumference is diameter in feet times 3.14 will give you the circumference, divided by the number of strings. Example of spacing on a 16 foot tree, 8 foot diameter, 32 strings = 9.42 inches spacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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