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Next year I am looking at making 6x4' mini trees animated through 4 colours (red, blue, green, clear). My question is how many lights would you use on a 4' tree? I'm thinking either 200 or 300, but would like some input from those with experience of mini trees.
I know on a 3ft tree the norm is 300 lights. If you are wanting to go 4 colors and it is 4 ft I would go 200 of each color giving you a total of 800 per tree.
Texan78 wrote: I know on a 3ft tree the norm is 300 lights. If you are wanting to go 4 colors and it is 4 ft I would go 200 of each color giving you a total of 800 per tree.
Cheers Texan, that's exactly the sort of info I was hoping for.
Now I just need to wait for the USD to become a bit weaker against the GBP and then I can put in a huge order with one of the many on-line companies.
stevemegdock wrote: Can I ask what you are going to make your trees out of, most specifically the frame under the mini lights.
At the moment I'm looking at a tripod made of metal garden canes (the ones that come covered in a green plastic), probably with chicken wire wrapped around them. I'd love to use tomato cages, but they appear to be non-existent in the UK (anywhere I've looked anyway).
That is unless there are better ideas out there...
Hi! I made the trees you are describing and used 100 lights per color. It works great and that will be the base for what I'm building next year. I will share my pictures with you when i get them online.
AlanMChristensen wrote: Hi! I made the trees you are describing and used 100 lights per color. It works great and that will be the base for what I'm building next year. I will share my pictures with you when i get them online.
Great. Cheers Alan. Having run some figures through my head I'm probably going to go with 3 colours of 200 lights. Saves me 6 channels that way, which can be put elsewhere.
Woodchip wrote: AlanMChristensen wrote: Hi! I made the trees you are describing and used 100 lights per color. It works great and that will be the base for what I'm building next year. I will share my pictures with you when i get them online.
Great. Cheers Alan. Having run some figures through my head I'm probably going to go with 3 colours of 200 lights. Saves me 6 channels that way, which can be put elsewhere.
There are many ways to make trees. Let us know how they turn out. And remember! Tomato cages go on clearance after the planting seasons! I got a strange look when i just took all they had at $.25 each.
AlanMChristensen wrote: There are many ways to make trees. Let us know how they turn out. And remember! Tomato cages go on clearance after the planting seasons! I got a strange look when i just took all they had at $.25 each.
Only problem being tomato cages don't appear to exisit in the UK. I've looked over the net but to no joy.
There are many ways to make trees. Let us know how they turn out. And remember! Tomato cages go on clearance after the planting seasons! I got a strange look when i just took all they had at $.25 each.
Funny I got many of the same looks when I asked Menards to get them down with a forklift
Last edited on Sunday December 30th, 2007 10:37 pm by indytycoon
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When one light goes out, they all go out!
I made mine using 100 ct lights, three colors (Red, Clear and Mutli) The frame was with tomato cages. You could also use chicken wire rolled as a cone.
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When one light goes out, they all go out!
I used 44" tomato cages, cut and spread wider and wrapped in chicken wire. I used 300 multi and 300 clear for each.
On the tree's I used LED's I used 300 clear and 200 LED multi.
The LED's are brighter and don't need as many. I would say 2/3 of mini's.
I made 4 color changing tree's I used 200 each LED for 800 total.
Let us know how they turn out. And remember! Tomato cages go on clearance after the planting seasons! I got a strange look when i just took all they had at $.25 each.
