It’s been a busy couple of weeks getting ready to start my build for the year. First order of business was to turn my garage around from summer to winter mode. Once that was complete its time to clean up the yard, put away the furniture, drain the pond, and rake the leaves. I have a pretty strict rule that all these things need to be done before I can begin putting up my lights. I need to have this rule or I’ll get into the lights and leave the rest a mess that’s even worse to clean up in spring. Once all this is done I can start putting up my lights.
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Well the first major snowfall came much earlier than usual. Even last year it was pretty early on November 1st but this year it came October 2nd. I am really hoping it will all melt over the next couple of weeks so I can get the lights on the roof. Continue reading “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”
Getting going on the 2018 Light Show
Once I put my Light-O-Rama order in, it didn’t take long for it to arrive. When it did my motivation started to pick up around planning for this years build; this includes the planning the physical build, the conversion of my existing sequences and creating any new ones I’m going to add.
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The 2018 Light-O-Rama Order is in!
Well here it is, my 2018 Light-O-Rama (LOR) order is in. 2,000 new RGB bulbs although only around 1,500 of them will end up in the display (unless I think of some other additions) it was just cheaper to buy them this way. Continue reading “The 2018 Light-O-Rama Order is in!”
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas…
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas… Well not really, unless you are at Costco.
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Spring Teardown
This year was an particularly long and cold winter with lots of snow. So much so we had nearly six consecutive month of evening temperatures below freezing. This created challenges from when I started putting up my lights to when I took them down. Continue reading “Spring Teardown”
Troubleshooting RGB Strings and Other Things
One thing I noticed after getting my show live was one of my RGB strings was not behaving as expected. This is one of those things that no one else would probably notice because it happens so fast, but to me it was like not having the string on at all. Continue reading “Troubleshooting RGB Strings and Other Things”
