Behind the Scenes- a sneaky peak at what goes on indoors to make the display work, and keep it doing so. These pictures show the interesting and not-so-interesting technical aspects of my setup.
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- Lights untangled and being tested
Closeup of the LED lights -
- New LED Icicles stretched out indoors
Mini-trees set up ready for installation -
- Outdoor Webcam mounted to the garage
Junction box delivering power to one Spiral Tree -
- 110 volt power to the minilights in the bushes
Large box housing the LED spiral tree controllers -
- Junction boxes for the Light Trees on the garage
New security camera doubling as a Webcam -
- LED and garland lights along the path
Garland lights and LED C7s along the roofline -
- Cables coming out under the porch
Cables entering the garage through a convenient hole -
- Inside the grey power distribution cabinet
Inside the black power distribution cabinet -
- Should have drilled before installing these lights
Vellemann LED displays around the front door -
- Command Central 2004
Power units supplying the LED-C7 lights -
- CCTV cameras keeping watch over everything
Underneath the bench in Command Central -
- Power control/monitoring panel with new safety switch
Ropelight Snowflake in the front window -
- Power connection to the snowflakes outside
Relay units controlling the indoor snowflakes -
- SACB unit running the four Light Trees on the garage
Four-way outlet supplying the garage -
- Power units for the garage LED-C7s and beacons
Wide view inside the garage -
- Overnight wind and snow damaged one of the Trees
Repaired and stabilised with loads of bricks -
- Packing the lights away again for another year
The hinged poles for the peak of the roof -
- Closeup of the ends of the poles
Closeup of the hinged central/top portion -
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