Bill P Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 The old incans had a bulb with a red tip that made the string blink. How can I do that with led strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 You need a controller. You can get a small cheap one for them. Or just buy twinkle lights. Already built in,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 You need a controller. You can get a small cheap one for them. Or just buy twinkle lights. Already built in,.Where Jerry? I want the whole string to blink. BTW this is for our van, tired of the steady on driving around town. and yes we're famous in town for it....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I'm talking about regular light strings, the kind you plug into 110V Edited December 4, 2015 by Bill P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougP Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Will these work for you? http://www.christmas-leds.com/category_v3.aspx?categoryID=409 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Will these work for you? http://www.christmas-leds.com/category_v3.aspx?categoryID=409Yupp, Doug that made the light bulb in my head go off, so I went rummaging through the old lights in the attic and dug up an old incan chase controller, wired some plugs to it and viola...blinky-flashy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yupp, Doug that made the light bulb in my head go off, so I went rummaging through the old lights in the attic and dug up an old incan chase controller, wired some plugs to it and viola...blinky-flashy There ya go. Thats the kind of controller i was thinking about. Post some pics. Wanna see the van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 There ya go. Thats the kind of controller i was thinking about. Post some pics. Wanna see the van.I will when i get it done this weekend....I'm still working on the yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmoney Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) There ya go. Thats the kind of controller i was thinking about. Post some pics. Wanna see the van.+1 Is it a " light duty " vehicle? Sorry, couldn't resist.... Edited December 4, 2015 by oilmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Sarge Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 if its 12 VDC how about maybe adding a heavy duty turn signal blinker in the line.. Have you thought of the possibility of next year just running a small generator sitting on top of your van and a couple LOR controllers inside it to control everything... hahaha... just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 if its 12 VDC how about maybe adding a heavy duty turn signal blinker in the line.. Have you thought of the possibility of next year just running a small generator sitting on top of your van and a couple LOR controllers inside it to control everything... hahaha... just a thoughtI have a big power inverter to power them....hmmm Sarge you got me thinking.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 If ya want to save money, you can install a light switch from the power cable to the lights, then just have some one sit there and turn the switch on and off over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 If ya want to save money, you can install a light switch from the power cable to the lights, then just have some one sit there and turn the switch on and off over and over again. best way of doing this is take any child and tell them to hold the switch still. (I have kids) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 best way of doing this is take any child and tell them to hold the switch still. (I have kids)That will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Sarge Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 12 v is 12 v put a heavy duty turn signal flasher in the power line.... before it goes to the converter... 12 volts on 12 volts off... 12 volts on... 12 volts off... I sill like the idea or running a small generator and just connect a couple LOR controllers to control your whole van.. Harbor Freight... a small one and oits not to loud as long as you play your music a little loud... and dont run straight pipes on that big block V 8 thats in your van.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Sarge Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 oh maybe just add a clapper to it... clap on clap off.... put a sign out says clap for the lights... lol... and dont tell anyone you have the CLAP.... Christmas Light Addiction Problem.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 I actually really do have two T-shirts that say I have the clap! Christmas light addiction problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Here is a short clip of the van: https://youtu.be/SMjCcf1c2W0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill P Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 The van gets just as much attention as the house does. Including a few thumbs up from the PD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmilkie Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 very cool van; I'm sure here in California, we would get a ticket for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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