danj 5 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 My wife had what I think is a great idea last weekend. I have been wanting to do synchronized lights for several years now and I think my job next year will be such that I will be home enough in the fall that I can do my first setup. Has anyone put synchronized lights on a "real tree"? We have a fairly large live oak tree in our front yard. My wife suggested that I "wrap" the trunk & branches with lights. Has anyone synchronized branches, trunks, etc? What did it look like? Thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vkjohnson 7 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 the only synchronized trees I've seen is when the whole tree goes on and off together, not individual branches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darlene Pino 13 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Yes, lots of people have done it (whole tree). With large trees you will need a man lift to get you that high to put the lights on. It takes a very large amount of lights. Perhaps someone on this list that does this can give you an idea of how many lights it takes. it is a very impressive thing to see -- all those lights on a tree -- Two colors would make for a pretty sequence. the tree changes colors when you hook each color to a different LOR channel. Post a photo when you do it. We love photos. Look at some of the videos for ideas. here is an example: http://www.collingwoodlights.com/index.php?do=pictures Edited December 14, 2011 by Darlene Pino Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vkjohnson 7 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I have a 30 ft tall magnolia tree that I wrap up to about 15 or 20 ft. It takes 5,000 lights for just one color. Probably not much help, but it's a start. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPaschall 9 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I have seen some that wrap the branches and put each branch on a channel to make it look like the branches are moving back and forth. Good luck with the project. SPaschall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danj 5 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks so much for all of ya'll's inputs!! Greatly appreciated. I am going to start "counting" what it will take to light up our live oak, as I think it would be a great starting point for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alfram 10 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Chuck Downs has several trees waving(51 sec mark) and it looks spectacular.He uses a lift to wrap his trees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deanathpc 11 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I too thought about this with our trees too. Well the wife did.. I took the easy way out to be honest.. each of the 4 trees has a red and green flood at the base pointing up. To be honest it looks rather good. The wife was even impressed with it! Dean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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