Canon PowerShot G9
ƒ/2.8
7.4 mm
1/6
200
of power plugs, and relays driving over 100 thousand Xmas lights sequenced to music
(and a reminder that boys like the blinky more than people…. =)
6 responses to “Wiring Nest”
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It probably draws that much power with everything on. Interestingly, the guy who built it said that on average it uses less energy than a typical house with Christmas lights – this is because of the duty cycle, where at any give point very few lights are on. Then again, the typical house doesn’t also have a couple of CPUs etc. managing the display.
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He said his neighbors asked him to stop showing it at home because it was attracting too much traffic at Xmas time to their block. So now it has been ‘relegated’ to a roving tech fair exhibit. It was built using more or less ‘off the shelf’ components, but just at a much larger scale than most are willing to go.
By the way, the picture captures the control equipment and only part of the exhibit. There were a lot more lights off to the sides.
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