RGB Floods is a good way to wash a color over a large space. During the 2014 March Madness sale at Light-O-Rama I bought the combo pack of 8 10W Floods, plus the CMB24-D DC controller board. I didn't deploy the flood lights in 2014, but I am adding them to the display for 2015. These I can use year round for general lighting.
Materials:
10W RGB Flood 8 Pack APR14-10W-Flood-8-Pack (bought 2014 during March sale)
CMB24-D (DC controller board)
8 10Watt RGB Flood
4-core Pigtails and 16' cables
Controller Finished out
PSU 350 Watt, 12 Volt, 30 Amp
CG1500 Enclosure
Power cord cut off an old power strip
Industry strength Velco from Home Depot
Connection to PC:
USB-RS485 Adapter with booster from Light-O-Rama
Cables: USB cable, 2 CAT 5 cables
Lenovo laptop running MS-Win8 with LOR S3 Advanced
Power Usage: (all white+controller)
Measured with Watt meter with all 8 floods on full white, plus the powered controller.
81 watts
0.85 Amps
Notes:
10mm wrench for u-brace.
Some floods sold in 2013 had screws that rusted. LOR started providing replacement screws in Feb 2014.
Extension Cord Test:Problem: How well do the 10W RGB floods from LOR perform with extension cords?
Test Case:
PC running LOR-S3->RS485 w/Booster->CMB24-D->cords->RGB Floods
Have one flood (with it's 16' cord) connected directly to LOR CMB24-D
Have another flood with variable length (> 16') extension cords.
Run sequence that turns the floods white and other colors.
CMB24-D controller with 10W RGB Floods
Validation:
Checking to see if both floods perform the same.
With both LOR 10W floods on at full white do they look the same? Does the one on extension cords look pinker?
Run through full sequence with lots of colors. Do they look the same?
Results:
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