loafyloaf Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I am planning a 10' tall, all rope light megatree for 2009. Here's my plan (please feel free to point out any potential problems!!)- 2 colors, white and red, 16 of each, strung up and down for 64 strands total- Planning 16 channels (would love to do 24+, 3-4 colors, don't have the channels to spare this year)- 25 curtain strobes in the middleWould you stake them in the ground R R W W R R W W or R W R W R W?Any videos out there of rope light megatrees?Thanks!BradNewbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Kibler Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I would go with R W R W R W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidt Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 loafyloaf wrote: I am planning a 10' tall, all rope light megatree for 2009. Here's my plan (please feel free to point out any potential problems!!)G'day Brad,I used rope lights for my Mega Tree in 2003, 2004 and 2005, prior to LOR and LEDS. My tree was around 20' high and although it originally only had 8 rope lights connected I finished up with 12, alternating red and green. The rope lights were very effective.The biggest problem I found was the weight of the rope lights. I originally tried to connect all of the ropelights to the top, with the star, and then raise the pole. This was a big mistake and bent the 2.5" aluminium pole in half. After getting a new pole I used a pulley type system, whereby I put the pole up and guyed it securely, then raised the rope lights to their final place. I've used this pulley system ever since and I now have a lot more weight being suspended through the 36 LED strings plus strobes. This leverage problem may be less of an issue with a 10' pole, but it is worth keeping in mind as you are planning on using a lot more ropes than I did.I also tried the R G R G R G type of pattern where the up corresponded to the down on the opposite side of the tree. This looked great but it can get into a real mess at the apex with all of the ropes crossing over each other. I found it a lot neater and manageable to do the RR GG RR GG type effect now days as I can lift and secure one half of the lights before attacking the other side.Attached is a pic of our tree from 2005.Best wishes with your project.Cheers,davidt, Australia Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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