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Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: mitch09 on January 30, 2013,
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I am attempting a 180 degree pixel tree this year with 12 strands and was thinking of putting all the SSC into one or two enclosure sand mounting it to the center pole similar to what I did last year with my LEs. My radius is only about 3 feet. Does anyone think I will have any issues with running Rays 3 conductor wire from the center pole out to my strands that will start at the bottom. I just think it would be much more time consuming to put them all into their own pvc pipe.
Ryan
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Just make sure you have the v3 mod completed on the ssc otherwise I don't think it should be a problem.
Reason for the v3 mod, at least I saw it. If you lead wire from the ssc to the first node you'll see some odd results on the string.
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That is what I thought, but wasn't sure and didn't want to spend the time mounting if it wouldnt work. I am hoping just to use Cg-1500 cases (1 for powersupply and 2 for SSC). That way I can just use what I have been using and sell my LE boards.
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I am thinking of doing something similar but not sure how to do it. There are no holes to mount the ssc's.
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I think if you were to get a piece of panduit (cable manager) that was deep enough it would solve this problem. This is what I am planning to do this year.
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I am thinking of doing something similar but not sure how to do it. There are no holes to mount the ssc's.
how about Velcro on the back of the SSC.
Rick R.
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Maybe you could just modify a cheap walmart tackle box and put them into the little compartments or something ... and then use the case as the enclosure. THen its fairly easy to service if you need to get in there? Using hot glue seems to work wonders.
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I was thinking about using some pegboard and just zip tie each down through the holes and then mount the pegboard.
Ryan
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i bought a plastic truck-bed tool box from home depot. I had 3 power supplies, then a "shelf" made of coroplastic and laid my 3 active hubs on top. there'd be plenty of room to have another shelf with pegboard material -- and more coro to separate it from the middle layer.
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Coroplast yes, pegboard no. You have to be careful of moisture absorption with pegboard and putting electronics on it. Years ago I kept a USB dongle on my workbench zip tied to a piece of coro so I did not lay down on something metal and short it out. Worked great. Now I have it in a case.
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I wonder can you use fiberglass.
Then you can make it any size you wish.
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How about just an enclosure with 2 small pieces of wood (put inside the enclosure) with slots cut into the wood for the ends of the SSs to slide into?
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You mean like some sort of routed out groove on both sides. Like sliding in a tray? That sounds like it might work really well.
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You mean like some sort of routed out groove on both sides. Like sliding in a tray? That sounds like it might work really well.
I would use a "chop saw" and take a piece of would...say 1" x1\2"... and cut slots say 2\3 of the way down the wide portion. Space the slots as to slide the SSC into the slots so that they are close, but not touching. You could probably do the same thing with some pvc instead of wood. Make sense?
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I might give it a try this weekend.
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I posted this in another thread, but i was actually thinking of this one.
here's an idea that would keep all the aspects of the ssc dry (including connectors)
it would come apart in the middle, and you could completely remove the ssc, from the pvc.
this would work better if you made your own cables to come from the bottom trough the end cap
you could also cut a groove into the side of the thinwall pipe (so you can use pre-made cables), with just enough room for the cable to fit past where the end cap comes through
just drill a drain hole in the bottom of the bottom end cap for moisture, water drainage. while leaving the ssc in the top half to stay dry (and also your connectors above the side hole to keep dry.
this is the idea, i'm thinking of trying for next year to keep the sscs dry and just wire tie them to the bottom of each support cable. the 3-5 feet of cat5 cable to the battery box really isn't really a big deal for me. I had my ssc's in extra battery boxes last year, as i just didn't trust my normally made sscs enclosures would keep dry.
(http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t438/chrisatpsu/SSCidea2.jpg)
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This is how I ran my 6 arches and my 32 candy canes this year. Zero moisture problems. Not even during heavy rains. Used Rays 3 pin connectors at the other end. Next year all my SSCs will be done this way. No more exposed connections.
http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=10637.msg143444#msg143444 (http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=10637.msg143444#msg143444)
Rick S