lisanewbie Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 People ask me why my husband and I take the time to hang over 20,000 light spend hours programing christmas music in July well here a video of my 14 month old grandson this is the reasonhttp://www.youtube.com/user/lisalightjunkie#play/all/uploads-all/0/t3UzNU0p6owHope you enjoy it as much as I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks for sharing. I just tell them, "coolness counts" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBMacon Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Morning Lisa, Did you use a peg board for your house layout? Reason asking, I was going to use a projector and display my home on a pegboard and use lights from the back thru the holes for various channels. I'm trying to find out if I want to use fading, blinking, etc., what type lights I need to buy. I like the peg board idea for those not wanting to tackle the "Holiday" app at first.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisanewbie Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 This is Lisa's hubby..being honest, it was her idea...my job was to make it! Yes..used pegboard painted flat black. The idea of using a projector to trace out a picture of your house/property is an excellent idea! Okay..contstruction of the "Light bright from H***"I used 2x4's ripped in half to make the frame BUT I think using regular 2x4s is better..it will give you more room in the back to work with by mounting the pegboard against the 2 inch side. I used furring strips on the back side spaced about 6 to 8 inches apart with screws used to hang the excess wires to. About the lights..the lights are smaller than the holes. To keep them in place I made rubber grommets using vaccuum hose I bought at Advance Auto Parts I think I used a total of 8 feet of it and made a little jig to cut the hose in 1/8 inch thickness using a single edged razor blade. Take a bulb with you to get the right size tubing. These grommets will hold the bulbs nicely in place. As I placed the strings in place, I marked each one with the correct controller and channel (we use 5 controllers) . I also used zip ties bought at Family Dollar. I also used black duct tape to cover unused holes. I tried electrical tape but it didn't hold. Also..I made a platform on the frame to set the controllers...used some plastic egg crates to raise them up higher. I used full strings of lights (yeah, got a bunch of it behind the pegboard) but while at Dollar General today, I saw they had their lights out and had 50 light strings ( 2 bucks) and 20 light strings ( 1.50 each) that we will be replacing the full strings with. May have to replace the bulbs as needed for the right colors, but we have a full tubs of lights we salvaged from bad strings. Hope this helps you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisanewbie Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 ChrisI thought it might be better for hubby to tell you how he made the Giant Light Bright as we call it . We had the same problem with Holiday Light Designer so I came up with this bright (no pun intented) idea. We had 2 controllers last year and went to 5 this year and more lights . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santabob Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 That is what really matters in this world, I just started for my four year old son. He is a cutie you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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