John's Journal

[RJ]

Neat setup John!

RJ

[D56VillageNut]

John,

That is awesome.

Happy Halloween from Seattle.

Alan T

[ThaiWay]

Way behind the curve, but having fun anyway...

Setup for beta-testing 50Hz firmware for the 220V SSR4+DMX:

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[ThaiWay]

All my inflatables are imported from America, and have those dim UL-approved C7's inside... I wanted them to be brighter and to be able to control them independently of the 110VAC fans.  So I clipped the light wire that comes out of the fan housing inside, and connected it to a new polarized plug cord:

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And then removed the C7's and substituted 220V 5W CFL's... cool and bright!

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I can leave the fans on 24/7 now, and put the lights on a timer or a spare LE channel.  Sweet! (but only if I'm careful which plug goes in which outlet  )

[magic8192]

All my inflatables are imported from America, and have those dim UL-approved C7's inside... I wanted them to be brighter and to be able to control them independently of the 110VAC fans.  So I clipped the light wire that comes out of the fan housing inside, and connected it to a new polarized plug cord:

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And then removed the C7's and substituted 220V 5W CFL's... cool and bright!

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I can leave the fans on 24/7 now, and put the lights on a timer or a spare LE channel.  Sweet! (but only if I'm careful which plug goes in which outlet  )

What happens if you aren't careful?

[ThaiWay]

Depends...

The coffee bean grinder whirs at a surreal velocity; or, ...not-so-magic smoke 

John

[Greg]

Hey John,

Reminds me of a house I once rewired here in the states.  Rewiring the house wasn't planned by the owner, but somehow, when a fuse blew in the fuse box, the voltage in the kitchen would double from 120 to 240.  When I heard this guy telling the tail of his turbo-charged can opener, I convinced him to rewire the house.  When I got into it, that old knob and tube wiring was so poorly done its a miracle the house hadn't burned down long ago...  Anyway, I ramble.

Greg

[ThaiWay]

I hear ya Greg!  Knob and tube hahaha.

I lived in a house on Kauai for ten years that was built in 1936.  After Hurricane 'Iniki took off a third of the roof in 1992, I rewired everything with Romex... even grounds!  What fun... those were the days.

You should see what they do even in this day and age here in TH!

John

[Greg]

I hear ya Greg!  Knob and tube hahaha.

Seriously John, thats what it is called (or sometimes abbreviated K&T) and it wasn't any laughing matter in this particular case. House was built in 1923 and "electrified" in the '30s. Still had functioning natural gas lights in the living and dining rooms which gave a kind of neat ambiance to the place.  Still I ramble on...

Greg

[wbuehler]

Nice work as always John

Bill

[ThaiWay]

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See that PIC with the whiteout?  It belongs in the TX!   

[RJ]

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See that PIC with the whiteout?  It belongs in the TX!  

Good news is this, If the ver 2 wireless work out in beta there will only be one firmware for both units. In fact there will only be one circuit board for the TX and RX.  You set a jumper to tell it if it is a TX or RX and you can change them back and forth as you want! ....  

And also only one case for them! 

The Exrx will stay the a seperate pcb of course.

RJ

[ThaiWay]

It seems like it took forever, but all the LE's and OL's are now corded up!

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Alas, I ran out of vampire plugs on the last two LE's and had to resort to something available locally.  Grrrr!  Those plastic plugs take four times the time to make up.  At least they are polarized (which is quite rare for anything in TH.)  Do you guys know how lucky you are to have 16ga extension cords you can just cut up?

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[ThaiWay]

While you guys are all complaining about the paltry product selection at your Mega Stores, check out what's available here at my local Costco-wannabe.

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...garland for days, the ugliest fake trees, and nary an LED in sight 

[ThaiWay]

Return to the Arch... one of four completed.  There's no room to work except in the third floor hallway:

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...So the wire is your arch enemy.   ...

Darn cheap oriental 5mm LED strings use the thinnest wire that has only three strands!  And the solder job really sucks.  Wasted time making repairs after wrapping:

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Now to the fun stuff!  I can't exactly drive half-inch rebar into the carpark floor for arch stakes, so I donned my plumbing hat (after much thought) and came up with this solution:

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Planning pays off.  This mount just clears the front gate and allows it to open:

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A double set of Arch Supports ready to go.

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Now back to wrapping.  Ugh!