Each year, Willamina has a lighted Christmas Parade. This year, it is possible that we will entering the parade. First, a portable power supply was needed as a generator was not feasible for our Ford Taurus. Two APC's were found at a local thrift shop and will supply a total of 800 watts for at least 30 minutes. Secondly, lights draw a considerably huge amount of power very quickly so a large number of lights wasn't possible until we got a batch of 400 LED lights. With only 8 channels to work with, the Grinch and the audio system will not draw a lot of power either. Two strings of snowflake lights will added to the sides of the car with a inflatable Santa on the trunk. Net lights and more LEDs will fill out the rest of the car's twinkly surface. More issues like how to attach the lights to the car and other things still have to be worked out. Time is also running short to get everything worked out and find out where to enter the parade. Watch your step, that's the deep end of the pool. :)Saturday, October 29, 2011
Bulls on Parade
Each year, Willamina has a lighted Christmas Parade. This year, it is possible that we will entering the parade. First, a portable power supply was needed as a generator was not feasible for our Ford Taurus. Two APC's were found at a local thrift shop and will supply a total of 800 watts for at least 30 minutes. Secondly, lights draw a considerably huge amount of power very quickly so a large number of lights wasn't possible until we got a batch of 400 LED lights. With only 8 channels to work with, the Grinch and the audio system will not draw a lot of power either. Two strings of snowflake lights will added to the sides of the car with a inflatable Santa on the trunk. Net lights and more LEDs will fill out the rest of the car's twinkly surface. More issues like how to attach the lights to the car and other things still have to be worked out. Time is also running short to get everything worked out and find out where to enter the parade. Watch your step, that's the deep end of the pool. :)
