Ravenbar
Active Member
I'm in a Jeep club, Drive an '02 WJ(grand cherokee), Every year we do a christmas run(visiting nurding homes and dropping off cookies, ect.).
This year I've been planning of doing a backlite display on my rear windows, controlled via DMX/ a laptop. I've already got 32' of LED RGB strips, non waterproof variety). Also have a USB-DMX converter, and DMX-LED strip controllers. I'm also absolutely horrible at soldering. Not sure if I'm going to be buying a generator, or if I'll be rigging up a battery bank to power everything. Leaning towards the generator(900w harbor freight model)(also got a dimmer pack and some 120v christmas light I may use), but I'll have to go buy one, and fabricate a hitch mount for it. Had issues in the past with an inverter pu;lling to much voltage, causing the engine computer to be unhappy and misfire.
My theoretical idea it that I'll use "plastic cardboard", as I call it, to build a box arounf my rear windows. Put the lights in front of that, them use window paint/ a plastic cardboard "gobo" to create the visual effect.
Being as I have a college degree in technical theatre, specialty in lighting and scenery, I feel my presentation had been lacking the last 2 years(events 3rd year).
Any ideas/input? Google hasn't exactly been helpful...
This year I've been planning of doing a backlite display on my rear windows, controlled via DMX/ a laptop. I've already got 32' of LED RGB strips, non waterproof variety). Also have a USB-DMX converter, and DMX-LED strip controllers. I'm also absolutely horrible at soldering. Not sure if I'm going to be buying a generator, or if I'll be rigging up a battery bank to power everything. Leaning towards the generator(900w harbor freight model)(also got a dimmer pack and some 120v christmas light I may use), but I'll have to go buy one, and fabricate a hitch mount for it. Had issues in the past with an inverter pu;lling to much voltage, causing the engine computer to be unhappy and misfire.
My theoretical idea it that I'll use "plastic cardboard", as I call it, to build a box arounf my rear windows. Put the lights in front of that, them use window paint/ a plastic cardboard "gobo" to create the visual effect.
Being as I have a college degree in technical theatre, specialty in lighting and scenery, I feel my presentation had been lacking the last 2 years(events 3rd year).
Any ideas/input? Google hasn't exactly been helpful...