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[[Hookup]]: An organized way to wire your display | |||
===Planning=== | |||
[[Hookup]]: An organized way to wire your display. | |||
[[Documentation and Labeling]]: Keeping track of how you designed, constructed and erected your display, and labeling circuits and display components | |||
===Electrical & Wiring=== | |||
[[Electrical Tools]]:Recommended tools that you should have on hand. | |||
[[GFCI]]: Why GFI Ground Fault Interrupter is so important. | |||
[[Shared Neutral Cables]]: Specialized cables that can combine multiple channels into a bundle. | |||
[[Shorten Mini Lights]]: How you can cut or shorten a set of 100 Mini style Christmas lights | |||
[http://doityourselfchristmas.com/wiki/images/e/e3/LED_Modifications.pdf Shorten LED Strings]: How to cut, shorten or modify LED strings | |||
[[Extension Cord Adapters]]: How you can adapt a regular extension cord to handle two control channels. | |||
===Mechanical=== | |||
[[Sleeves]]: Place removable posts into reusable PVC sleeves to support your Christmas display | |||
===Building=== | |||
[[Mini Trees]]: What Mini Trees are and how to make them. | [[Mini Trees]]: What Mini Trees are and how to make them. | ||
Easy [[Light Arch]]: How to build a 10 channel Light Arch | Easy [[Light Arch]]: How to build a 10 channel Light Arch. | ||
[[Happy Holidays Sign]]: How to build a Happy Holidays sign using PVC pipe. | |||
[[Plywood Cut Outs]]: This page has patterns for cutting display items out of plywood. | |||
[[How to Make a 3ft Star out of PVC]]: Easy way to build a 3ft star out of Sch40 PVC | |||
[[Candy Cane Upgrade to Rope Light]]: Taking an old Candy Cane and replacing the lights inside with rope light or adding rope light to a Candy Cane that does not have lights. Also, just a method to add power to a cut rope light. | |||
Outline a House with Pixels: Blog Article [http://blog.holidaycoro.com/2013/04/outlining-your-house-in-rgb-lights.html] | |||
Building a [[StarFlake Spinner]]: A low-cost pixel based DIY prop that is Flexible and Versatile | |||
Building a [[7' Singing Snowman]]: Build includes Stocking Cap, Singing Face, Two Spinners, and 3 position arms | |||
[[VUmeter]]: Add an attractive and active digital Volume Unit meter (VUmeter) to your display | |||
[[10' Megatree]]: Low cost and simple to build | |||
[[Welded Wire Fence Displays]]: A flexible "canvas" onto which you can create your lighted display | |||
[[ | ===Going Green=== | ||
[[Led Lighting]]: Ways that Light Emitting Diodes are making headway into our designs | |||
[[ | [[Media: Converting_LEDs.pdf]]: Converting cheap chinese LED strings to full wave & dimable for light control | ||
[[ | [[How to Convert Mini Strings to Simple Homemade Led Strings]]: This page will tell you how to create your own led strings using old mini lights, standard leds, and diodes/resistors. They are full wave and very easy to do. Now you can shorten an existing string or custom make your own. | ||
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[[Category:How To]] | |||
[[Category:DIYC Index]] | |||
Latest revision as of 05:30, 9 April 2020
Planning
Hookup: An organized way to wire your display.
Documentation and Labeling: Keeping track of how you designed, constructed and erected your display, and labeling circuits and display components
Electrical & Wiring
Electrical Tools:Recommended tools that you should have on hand.
GFCI: Why GFI Ground Fault Interrupter is so important.
Shared Neutral Cables: Specialized cables that can combine multiple channels into a bundle.
Shorten Mini Lights: How you can cut or shorten a set of 100 Mini style Christmas lights
Shorten LED Strings: How to cut, shorten or modify LED strings
Extension Cord Adapters: How you can adapt a regular extension cord to handle two control channels.
Mechanical
Sleeves: Place removable posts into reusable PVC sleeves to support your Christmas display
Building
Mini Trees: What Mini Trees are and how to make them.
Easy Light Arch: How to build a 10 channel Light Arch.
Happy Holidays Sign: How to build a Happy Holidays sign using PVC pipe.
Plywood Cut Outs: This page has patterns for cutting display items out of plywood.
How to Make a 3ft Star out of PVC: Easy way to build a 3ft star out of Sch40 PVC
Candy Cane Upgrade to Rope Light: Taking an old Candy Cane and replacing the lights inside with rope light or adding rope light to a Candy Cane that does not have lights. Also, just a method to add power to a cut rope light.
Outline a House with Pixels: Blog Article [1]
Building a StarFlake Spinner: A low-cost pixel based DIY prop that is Flexible and Versatile
Building a 7' Singing Snowman: Build includes Stocking Cap, Singing Face, Two Spinners, and 3 position arms
VUmeter: Add an attractive and active digital Volume Unit meter (VUmeter) to your display
10' Megatree: Low cost and simple to build
Welded Wire Fence Displays: A flexible "canvas" onto which you can create your lighted display
Going Green
Led Lighting: Ways that Light Emitting Diodes are making headway into our designs
Media: Converting_LEDs.pdf: Converting cheap chinese LED strings to full wave & dimable for light control
How to Convert Mini Strings to Simple Homemade Led Strings: This page will tell you how to create your own led strings using old mini lights, standard leds, and diodes/resistors. They are full wave and very easy to do. Now you can shorten an existing string or custom make your own.