different kind of floodlight

[winwin]

Anyone interested to try this?

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[Steve Gase]

Haven't tried that, but I did find another excellent RGB flood.
This one from Ray Wu is $24 and is very bright, it includes an internal 3-channel DMX controller, a metal, water-tight housing w/adjustable bracket.
It uses 12V-DC and it is 10watt.  I measured it taking about .86 amps doing full white.
The light can be programmed with channel by Ray, but I've found that it takes a different device to do the programming than what I have -- so, I'll need to invest in a programmer if I want to make changes.
I may measure its intensity later against an Aether2 and CheapO RGB flood.
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[davron12]

I used 11 of those this year and the worked great. However, I was concerned with the DMX plugs because they didn't seem water tight to me, so I replaced them with the 3 pin waterproof plugs from Ray. Then, I ran a network cable from the DMX out of the active hubs to the lights, and a separate 12v power line, with waterproof plugs. Make sure you specify what channels you want the devices to be, or Ray will just go in order 1-2-3, 4-5-6.

[Steve Gase]

I used 11 of those this year and the worked great. However, I was concerned with the DMX plugs because they didn't seem water tight to me, so I replaced them with the 3 pin waterproof plugs from Ray. Then, I ran a network cable from the DMX out of the active hubs to the lights, and a separate 12v power line, with waterproof plugs. Make sure you specify what channels you want the devices to be, or Ray will just go in order 1-2-3, 4-5-6.

I replaced the XLR connectors with cat5 pigtails to be consistent with my other DMX elements.  I also ran power in the cat5, consistent with my HolidayCoro elements.


The removed XLR connectors will come in handy for use with Ray's 27-channel controllers.


If you want to go waterproof, I'd suggest 4-core connectors (2 pins for DMX, and 2 for power)...  you don't need to carry the extra ground.

[hicksjo]

Anybody know how the start channel can be programmed on these?

[Steve Gase]

Anybody know how the start channel can be programmed on these?

I have an outstanding query to Ray regarding that very question.  I'll report my findings.

[davron12]

I had thought about using the 4 core waterproof connectors, however, I ran the power separately because the spots use .83 amps, so I couldn't pass enough current through that thin of wires for all my lights. If you're only running a couple lights, then that would be fine.

[Steve Gase]

Anybody know how the start channel can be programmed on these?

I have an outstanding query to Ray regarding that very question.  I'll report my findings.

Ray referred me to this posting, it provides info on the address writer and operational instructions as well:


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[hicksjo]

Thanks Steve