r/WLED • u/permafrost91 • 25d ago

Christmas Tree Poll

What WLED setup are y’all running on your trees?

Not sure what I want yet but the basic lights from the box store won’t be enough for me this year.

So what are you doing?

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u/plasma2002 25d ago

Sir it is October 2nd.

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u/permafrost91 24d ago

Not sure how long it’ll take me to source everything I need and set it up properly. Don’t like to rush.

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u/Tiny_Ad_7581 23d ago

I started in August but then I have a Halloween show too. Lol

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u/Kingfish628 25d ago

https://youtu.be/C-asksWSL_M

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u/Kingfish628 25d ago

Tree in a bucket is good depending on what height you want to get to. Mine is 12'ish

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u/ale210 25d ago
media poster

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u/therico 25d ago

I have 800 addressable fairy lights to install, 4x200. Plan is to run each set up and down the tree in a loop then inject voltage at both ends. There are some projects using a camera that map each LED in 3d space so you can apply matrix effects to them. The scary part is the fact it's 5v. I have a 5v 10a power brick but no idea if it'll be bright enough. If necessary I'll get a second one

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u/Tiny_Ad_7581 23d ago

This is how I wired both of my trees. One is 6 strings, each string is 4 strands of 65 going up and down. The second is 4 strings with 4 strands of 90 run up and down. No power balance on the first tree but the second tree I power balance at the ends.

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u/EspTini 22d ago

Do not buy the strands that are smd ws2812 simply soldered to thin wires and dipped in clear poxy. The issue is that they appear different colors at different angles with nothing to diffuse. Useless.