mike ammirato Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Does anyone know how to keep a blow up blown up while making the lights go off and on with the show?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Lott Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 on mine i opened up the zipper in the back and were the blower motor is there was the motor and the lights plugged in one cord leaving the back of the inflatable. hooked the cord that had the lights up to a channel then hooked the motor an outlet so it always staid blown up and then the lights would be with the show. This year i am hooking the blower up to x10 so i do not have to go out and plug it in and unplug it when show is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike ammirato Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 thank you i will check mine out tomorrow did you have to add plug or cut any cords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Lott Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 no it was a 6 foort cord going into the inflatable and it had a 3 way on the end of the cord. then the motor and lights were plugged into that. I left the motor plugged into the three way with the cord coming out the back then put another cord into the inflatable and plugged in the lights ran that to my controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.farney Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 The quick and dirty method I used was to remove all the light bulbs from the original. Thus, the original plug now only controled the motor, and it will stay blown up. Then, I added a strand on C7s and used the clips already inside the blow up to put the new lights where the old ones were. Then, I just ran the cord out the zipper and zipped it up. Now I have 2 cords: one for the motor and one for the lights! Others use a similiar method and cut the cords. They add vampire plugs and possibly wire splices and put the lights and motor on two separate plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hamilton Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 This doesn't directly address your question.. just a side note.I hope your inflatables are a lot more efficient than the ones I was using. I stopped using them a couple years ago because they are terribly inefficient by running the motor all the time and it burns up a lot of energy.I hope no one is keeping those things running 24 hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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