in most cases they include a $25 controller to make the lights chase and dance. in order to chase and dance, i could see the need to have two commons and alternate them. If you look through the rope, there are lots of resistors and crossovers. boy, i'd love to find a way to make this work. the 3/8 x 3/4" rope light would be so easy to install, store and setup compared to three rope lights.
Has anyone else had any experience with this. since each working section is 39" long, i guess i could get three sections, or 10 feet of it and experiement with a lor controller.
if the rgb strand would work, i bet it would be popular for lor'rs.
would love to hear more on this topic. thanks for the input.
It would work if LOR had a high voltage DC (positive common for chinese lights) 16 channel board available for 120 VDC LED rope lights. The boards are currently for AC current. The current DC board is only rated up to 60 volts DC. A standard LOR board may work but your LED ropelights will have the "flickering" problem.
All i currently have to test with is a 39" section, and my testing with the lor controller, faired perfectly, and i have not used a rectifier or bridge, just straight 110v ac. dimming, twinkle, all works fine.
So I am somewhat confident it will work fine. In you r picture the rgb rope light looks quite similar to mine (see pic above). I plan to test it with a 9.75' section to see if there is any problems with the shared common.
if anyone else has any first hand experience with this please post. thanks
i've tried a 7 foot section with a LOR, twinkel, fades, all work fine. i am convinced this works great without a rectifier. i am unable to distinguish a rapid pulsing, and think that i'll go wihtout adding recifiers to each channel.
If you believe this to not be wise, i'd love to hear from you. thanks for the input.
I may have found the controller that I have been looking for. I have ordered it and waiting for it's arrival. I will post on how well it works and where to find them. LW
Lonewolvie, I may be missing something critical, but for the life of me, my testing of the 7 foot strand showed it worked perfectly plugged right into a LOR 16 controller. I had no rectifier either. There was no obvious strobing either. Right now, i am going ahead with it as planned. I've ordered 164' of it, and also got some clear 1" channel to make installation easier. As you know, i plan to install on the underside of my level return soffit, about 4 inches from the exterior wall, in an effort to wash the wall with the three colors and blends of the colors.
Thanks for keeping this thread open though.
I also bought $900 of LED C6's for the mega tree, as i intend to switch from the incandelesents. Last year i noticed degradation of the blue paint on the bulbs, and many burnouts. so i bit the bullet. will be interesting.
