Suspended Mega-Tree

[kmiller]

I just thought that I would take a minute and show off my mega tree star. I have large oak trees in my front yard and I usually suspend the tree from one of the limbs. The star is 3' tall and has 600 bulbs (300 white 300 blue). I am switching the strands in groups of 50, which can give a nice twinkle effect. The tree strands (32 this year) are tied to the bottom of the star, staked to the ground, and are pulled tight as I hoist the star. The tree works out to be about 16' tall, so it is not quite as 'mega' as a lot of the ones on this site, but it works for me.

I am using a Renard 64 and have a custom SSR enclosure just for the tree. The tree is using 44 channels by itself. Thanks to all contributors for helping me create my first dynamic display.

Merry Christmas!!

Kevin

[BillAd]

Kevin,

Interesting twist for building a star. Can you provide a few pictures with the lights on? Thanks.

Bill

[Walden]

That looks hard to make lol

[kmiller]

Kevin,

Interesting twist for building a star. Can you provide a few pictures with the lights on? Thanks.

Bill

Here are a couple of shots. Sorry about the quality, but I have never had any luck with photos of lights. Another note on the tree; prior to animating, I used multi-color C9 strands for the tree. The whole tree used to draw about 18 amps.

Kevin

[Wombat]

That star looks like a lethal weapon

Wouldnt want to be under that tree in a storm

Wombat