So how do you know when................

[FireGod]

So how do you know when you are way way over your head??????????

I think I am there........... but not sure.........

[Brad Riley]

FireGod,

It's like asking for driving directions....WE DON'T!! ....But we always get there.

Keep Plugging away, pun intended, you'll get there.

Brad

[lbro]

Be honest now:-)

We're way over our head the minute we say "I can do that"

Lou

[Wayne J]

Be honest now:-)

We're way over our head the minute we say "I can do that"

Lou

Soooooo true!

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[FireGod]

This is what I mean. I just got 180 channels working today and I need to set up the other 220 channels and it is almost December!!

I have no 35' Mega tree yet.

Fall of the Peacemakers (http://web.olpdsl.net/firegod/Lights/Fall_of_the_Peacemakers.wmv)

[Brad Riley]

I got my 32 channels going today. Everything worked great. I wish I had built 8 more SSR's though....to take full advantage of the Grinch. oh well, it's my first year.

Brad

[zaker]

It's a vicious cycle, buy more lights, build more SSR's. Build extra SSR's, need more lights, and so on, and so on... :lol:

When the wife doesn't tell you to stop, keep going!

tom

[xmus]

When the wife doesn't tell you to stop, keep going!
tom

Words to live by! I'm getting boxes from eBay purchases almost daily (all related to this project). I try to sneak them off the doorstep (lucky for me my wife comes through the garage usually) but I'm not always successful!
I'm already planning for 4 serial ports next year, so i've made the usb->serial adapter purchase, and RS485 converters as well... just that kind of stuff. Oh, and I'm out of CAT5 as well, better pick some of that up! :)

[Brad Riley]

I'm already planning on going with a dimming device next year. Have been reading about DMX and Renard. Have to figure out witch way to go. Needs to be compatible with the Grinch set-up I have. Bought 2 Grinch boards from wjohn last summer, but I'm only using half on one of the PCB's this first year.

Brad

[teberle]

Firegod don't feel bad. I don't have any of my sequence redone for this year and I am still putting out the lights. I have all of the 128 SSR's in tubes ready for placement, but I have to run all Cat5 cabling to them. Where oh Where did the time go. Oh Thanksgiving is 5 days earlier this year!!!!

[FireGod]

So I am working on the second 1000 foot reel of CAT5 cable and I have 75 more snowflake channels to setup and then I need to work on 32 strobes.

I've got 280 channels up and running.

After all that, I need to go wire the neigbor's wireless 32 channels.

I think I have bit off toooo much.

[scharbon]

It wont be too much when you see it working just like you planned :D

[FireGod]

Now working on the third 1000 foot reel of CAT5 cable now........

Snow flakes not working right, it worked on the bench but you know how that goes.