So I really wanted to feel accomplished somewhere and have a place to track any pictures I take... so I'm going to do it here for everyone to see if they care to the slightest :D
I guess I should get out my Christmas Lights first...
[b]5:38pm[/b]
Got the lights ready to go... still some left over in the basement I think. I'll get them later.
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[URL=http://imgur.com/dv7QJ][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dv7QJ.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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[b]5:54pm[/b]
First section is put up
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[b]A couple of minutes later[/b]
First set is up! :D
[quote][URL=http://imgur.com/qVRRV][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qVRRV.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/quote]
[b]I'm not counting time anymore[/b]
I broke those lights and repalced it with the straight mini-lights. I didn't like them this year.
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[b]The next day![/b]
Finished the front of the house, still have the right side and the porch to do. Oh, and all the trees in the yard. Still got a lot :c
[quote][url=http://i.imgur.com/09cRN.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/09cRN.jpg[/img][/url][/quote]
By the way, I get really into it when it comes to Christmas Lights, for example my 2009 display:
[video=youtube;2s8x0_4o-Yc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8x0_4o-Yc&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
I'd fucking hate to live beside you.
I always wanted to know what people use to control these displays.
They're controled through a serial based control board, which has cat5e cables carrying signals to each SSR box (Solid State Relay) that switches each circuit on or off and can even dim them.
[quote][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DMt14.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
An SSR Box wth a missing male power connector :c
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A picture of the circuit board (hand soldered) that controls each box.
Everything is do-it-yourself.
Enjoy the electricity bill and don't even say my parents pay for it you're going to get dust in a wrapped box on xmas morning.
nice display op, i've always wanted to lights synced to music but i live on a busy 4 lane road, and I'm sure that'd become a bit of a problem.
anyway I usually just do static lights every year, got all the exterior lights finished today, looking pretty sweet, just need to get some lights around the interior of the windows so the second story doesn't look so plain.
I have about 8k lights up this year.
pics
[t]http://i.imgur.com/v7zyz.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/p5UHq.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/xsTwj.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/wlKv1.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/HsIMf.jpg[/t]
couple are a bit blurry sorry
also fuck i forgot to turn off the dating on my camera
[QUOTE=Godline;33454241]Enjoy the electricity bill and don't even say my parents pay for it you're going to get dust in a wrapped box on xmas morning.[/QUOTE]
heh, cool thing is, is that my mother is into christmas lights more than I am, so she doesn't give a damn.
[QUOTE=Sassharkey;33453123]They're controled through a serial based control board, which has cat5e cables carrying signals to each SSR box (Solid State Relay) that switches each circuit on or off and can even dim them.
An SSR Box wth a missing male power connector :c
A picture of the circuit board (hand soldered) that controls each box.
Everything is do-it-yourself.[/QUOTE]
What software do you use to send the signals to the relays? I assume you manually sync the songs.
[QUOTE=cloud_strife;33454796]What software do you use to send the signals to the relays? I assume you manually sync the songs.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://vixenlights.com[/url]
I never understood why people would want this flashing shit on their house. I mean, Some lights are cool, but this is wayyy overdoing things...
Finished the front of the house today. Still got the other porch and all the lawn things to do.
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christmas lights should be outlawed. they're a distraction to drivers
Shouldn't Women also be outlawed by that respect?
yes
Welp, so much for the electricity bill being low this month.
Rain has been preventing me from doing anything :C
People and your fancy Xmas lights...
[img]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/Untitled_HDR2.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Sassharkey;33451930]So I really wanted to feel accomplished somewhere and have a place to track any pictures I take... so I'm going to do it here for everyone to see if they care to the slightest :D
I guess I should get out my Christmas Lights first...
[b]5:38pm[/b]
Got the lights ready to go... still some left over in the basement I think. I'll get them later.
[b]5:54pm[/b]
First section is put up
[b]A couple of minutes later[/b]
First set is up! :D
[b]I'm not counting time anymore[/b]
I broke those lights and repalced it with the straight mini-lights. I didn't like them this year.
[b]The next day![/b]
Finished the front of the house, still have the right side and the porch to do. Oh, and all the trees in the yard. Still got a lot :c
By the way, I get really into it when it comes to Christmas Lights, for example my 2009 display:
[video=youtube;2s8x0_4o-Yc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8x0_4o-Yc&feature=channel_video_title[/video][/QUOTE]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra?
[QUOTE=FoxDonuT;33620047]People and your fancy Xmas lights...
[img]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/Untitled_HDR2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I like this better.
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