Comment on How I hang Christmas lights without a ladderparentComments−ThrowawayTestr3yIndividually addressable, waterproof LEDs are super cheap. Most expensive part is the power supply.−pifm_guy3yThey also don't last outside long...Eaten by squirrels... Tube gets full of water... As soon as one LED dies, all the rest start flickering like crazy....−ThrowawayTestr3yYou can get ones fully incased in silicone but that might not stop the squirrels...−rkagerer3yIf you're doing a new build are there products out there that are more nature-proof? (eg. like would be used in permanent commercial displays)? Or countersunk into solid material?−pifm_guy3yThere are some with redundant data feeds.It means any one LED can die, and the rest still work correctly.If two LED's next to one another die, then the whole strip still fails, but obviously the chances of that are far lower.When looking at them, each addressable LED has 6 pins not 4 if it's the redundant data feed type.−bobsil13yYep, we “hung the lights” this year by simply changing the 2-digit light show code in a browser from Thanksgiving to Holidays.
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Individually addressable, waterproof LEDs are super cheap. Most expensive part is the power supply.
They also don't last outside long...
Eaten by squirrels... Tube gets full of water... As soon as one LED dies, all the rest start flickering like crazy....
You can get ones fully incased in silicone but that might not stop the squirrels...
If you're doing a new build are there products out there that are more nature-proof? (eg. like would be used in permanent commercial displays)? Or countersunk into solid material?
There are some with redundant data feeds.
It means any one LED can die, and the rest still work correctly.
If two LED's next to one another die, then the whole strip still fails, but obviously the chances of that are far lower.
When looking at them, each addressable LED has 6 pins not 4 if it's the redundant data feed type.
Yep, we “hung the lights” this year by simply changing the 2-digit light show code in a browser from Thanksgiving to Holidays.