flyinbyu20 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Hello- I’ve been using some DMX lights on my roof past few Christmas and Halloween holidays, but I have to also mount a fog machine to try to get it to show the “beam” of light. Some of the videos out there, they don’t need the fog, just powerful enough on their own. Anyone got suggestions for a product or what kind of wattage I would need to accomplish this? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) 1.21 gigawatts ? Edited July 11, 2018 by Santas Helper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinbyu20 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Lol. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 31 minutes ago, Santas Helper said: 1.21 gagwatts ? Gag? Where did leave my "Mr. Fusion"? LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 31 minutes ago, k6ccc said: Gag? Where did leave my "Mr. Fusion"? LOL HAHA, didn't even notice. Corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 17 hours ago, flyinbyu20 said: Hello- I’ve been using some DMX lights on my roof past few Christmas and Halloween holidays, but I have to also mount a fog machine to try to get it to show the “beam” of light. Some of the videos out there, they don’t need the fog, just powerful enough on their own. Anyone got suggestions for a product or what kind of wattage I would need to accomplish this? How powerful are the ones you're using for the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinbyu20 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 15 watt mini LED. Obviously need to up it, but I don't know what size and power you need to get to the ones that show the beam always without the need of fog or haze. Here is a video for a neighborhood Halloween light show I did in 2014. At 20 seconds into it, you can start to see them more clearly. I had to mount multiple fog machines though and the wind was always an issue.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT3AbgzQG3s&t=3s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzAz Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 The ones you see that are so bright you can see them 'on their own' are usually an Arc lamp (not LED) of about 200W or more, like the Clay Paky Sharpy or Martin MACs You may want to be sitting down with a pace maker handy before looking at the prices on this site (for example) ? I use a couple of moving head lights in my display, but they are mounted on a balcony, and I use them to put moving circles of colour onto the house, and occasionally pointing towards the viewers (like they do at concerts sometimes). So once you've purchased a few Clay Paky's or similar for the roof, you can still use your current LED moving heads on the house. If you watch this video (not mine) you can see an example of using 2 low power (either 60 or 90W LED Spots) moving heads shining onto a house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinbyu20 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Wow, never thought of that idea shining back on house! Thanks! So to get the beam on your own, you have to be in the arc lamp type of light huh. Those prices were def a shock! There isn’t something less costly that can do it, a higher watt LED light? Thanks for the help!! tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinbyu20 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Like a 200 watt LED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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