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New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
Seems to be a success! I would need 3 for around the inner edge of the pond,
so I connected 3 together. Each plug is supposedly water tight, and there are no holes in this type of rope light. (They are also low power super bright lights). As a precaution, I also added silicon sealer liberally around each plug, before plugging them together. I dunked them into a galvanized tub for the test, and plugged them in, and they look to be fine. I'll let them soak overnight, and then run the test again, in case there is any leakage. Assuming they work, I'll put them into the pond, and put some decent sized rocks around the edge bottom, to keep them somewhat around the bottom edges. We did this with a small clear mini pond (large tuppeware link storage container), and they worked fine for at least 2 years, before we removed the whole thing to move. That same old lightstring turns on every night without fail or leak for the last 3 years now as well. (Those little 4 watt "egglights" don't really add much light at all in the pond at night.) I'll plug these into the timer that runs all the night lighting, so they are only burning for 4 hours or so each night. - Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
yup, my string of lights (tucked up under the veggie filter overhang) lasted about 3
years. http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/winters/winter.htm bottom right picture shows lights on during the day. the rope has been removed since sections were out. we went with a halogen pond light under the lily. I still need to get pictures at night. Ingrid "Gareeeİ" wrote: Seems to be a success! I would need 3 for around the inner edge of the pond, so I connected 3 together. Each plug is supposedly water tight, and there are no holes in this type of rope light. (They are also low power super bright lights). As a precaution, I also added silicon sealer liberally around each plug, before plugging them together. I dunked them into a galvanized tub for the test, and plugged them in, and they look to be fine. I'll let them soak overnight, and then run the test again, in case there is any leakage. Assuming they work, I'll put them into the pond, and put some decent sized rocks around the edge bottom, to keep them somewhat around the bottom edges. We did this with a small clear mini pond (large tuppeware link storage container), and they worked fine for at least 2 years, before we removed the whole thing to move. That same old lightstring turns on every night without fail or leak for the last 3 years now as well. (Those little 4 watt "egglights" don't really add much light at all in the pond at night.) I'll plug these into the timer that runs all the night lighting, so they are only burning for 4 hours or so each night. - Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
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... yup, my string of lights (tucked up under the veggie filter overhang) lasted about 3 years. http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/winters/winter.htm bottom right picture shows lights on during the day. the rope has been removed since sections were out. we went with a halogen pond light under the lily. I still need to get pictures at night. Ingrid Haven't decided if I like them or not yet.. they do add more light to the pond, and maybe after the water clouds a little, I'll like them more. (I did a water change today to get rid of the mud and much that filtered in after that heavy rain storm a week ago. Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
Gareeeİ wrote:
Seems to be a success! I would need 3 for around the inner edge of the pond, so I connected 3 together. Each plug is supposedly water tight, and there are no holes in this type of rope light. (They are also low power super bright lights). As a precaution, I also added silicon sealer liberally around each plug, before plugging them together. I dunked them into a galvanized tub for the test, and plugged them in, and they look to be fine. I'll let them soak overnight, and then run the test again, in case there is any leakage. Assuming they work, I'll put them into the pond, and put some decent sized rocks around the edge bottom, to keep them somewhat around the bottom edges. We did this with a small clear mini pond (large tuppeware link storage container), and they worked fine for at least 2 years, before we removed the whole thing to move. That same old lightstring turns on every night without fail or leak for the last 3 years now as well. (Those little 4 watt "egglights" don't really add much light at all in the pond at night.) I'll plug these into the timer that runs all the night lighting, so they are only burning for 4 hours or so each night. - Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) Do you have link of where you purchased these lights ? |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
after just draping them in the pond I decided I didnt like looking right at them. I
like the illusion of the light sorta coming from everywhere. Ingrid "Gareeeİ" wrote: wrote in message ... yup, my string of lights (tucked up under the veggie filter overhang) lasted about 3 years. http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/winters/winter.htm bottom right picture shows lights on during the day. the rope has been removed since sections were out. we went with a halogen pond light under the lily. I still need to get pictures at night. Ingrid Haven't decided if I like them or not yet.. they do add more light to the pond, and maybe after the water clouds a little, I'll like them more. (I did a water change today to get rid of the mud and much that filtered in after that heavy rain storm a week ago. Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
"CanadianCowboyİ" wrote in message
... Do you have link of where you purchased these lights ? Yep.. Target.com.. I bought them with this intention during the after Christmas clearance sales. I think I spent a total of $9 on 30 feet of ropelight, and you can actually connect 300 feet together in this brand! They were generically blue boxed, and look for ropelight without vent holes along the sides. Basically you want a long sealed tube. They have watertight caps at the ends, and if you remove these, then you plug the next strand into that plug. Even the power cable can be unplugged from the cord. I think nce the pond water clouds a little, I'll like them more, because the rope light gives off a kind of glow around the inner edges of the pond. (2-3 feet deep here) I'll probably use an egglight on a submerged rock, and point it up at the gargoyle spitter, so he stands out at night. We are also still planning that waterfall, and will probably put an egglight at the bottom of the fall in the pond pointing stright up, to highlight that as well. -- Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
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... after just draping them in the pond I decided I didnt like looking right at them. I like the illusion of the light sorta coming from everywhere. Ingrid If the water is crystal clear, they you can actually see the ropelights, but once it clouds a little, from either algae, or just sediment kicked up, you do get that cool glow effect. For a REALLY cool mini pond effect, get a large (like galvanized tub or larger) clear or opaque plastic storage bin. use 1-2 strings of ropelight, and wrap it around the outside of the container. Duct tape that in place. Dig a hole, lower that into the hole, and the add edging, or plants inside the pondlet. At night, because of the clear frosted plastic, the whole mini pond will just glow, and if you choose green or blue ropelight, it looks just awesome! It's a night cheap "accent" type of thing. I tried it with a kiddie pool, but the lights aren't bright enough to be seen through. BTW, what ever happened to that guy who was going to have a small gas driven fire pit in the center of his pond? -- Gareeeİ (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
New underwater lighting test: Rope Light!
On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:01:06 -0400, "Gareeeİ"
wrote: wrote in message ... after just draping them in the pond I decided I didnt like looking right at them. I like the illusion of the light sorta coming from everywhere. Ingrid If the water is crystal clear, they you can actually see the ropelights, but once it clouds a little, from either algae, or just sediment kicked up, you do get that cool glow effect. For a REALLY cool mini pond effect, get a large (like galvanized tub or larger) clear or opaque plastic storage bin. use 1-2 strings of ropelight, and wrap it around the outside of the container. Duct tape that in place. Dig a hole, lower that into the hole, and the add edging, or plants inside the pondlet. At night, because of the clear frosted plastic, the whole mini pond will just glow, and if you choose green or blue ropelight, it looks just awesome! It's a night cheap "accent" type of thing. I tried it with a kiddie pool, but the lights aren't bright enough to be seen through. BTW, what ever happened to that guy who was going to have a small gas driven fire pit in the center of his pond? I'm still here, just never post because of the flood of BS from the retarded obnoxious children that seem to infest this group. Some experimenting revealed some issues I haven't bothered to work out fully: Burning propane at the water surface leaves a fine, oily, sooty residue on the water. I could probably live with that and just overflow the pond a little at trhe end of the evening. Water heats fairly quickly in a #10 wash tub, don't know how that would work out in my 1300 gallon pond. The odor agent in propane (ethyl mercaptan) originally concerned me, as it is toxic in "large" doses. However, it is not very water-soluble, it is only used in 5-13 ppm in commercial propane, and it burns, so it's probably not a factor. I had to bubble a pretty large volume of gas through the water in order for the flame to be self-sustaining, though I think if I used a smaller orifice than was used in my firsdt experiment to release the gas it would make a smaller but more consistent stream and allow a better flame. This is really what'as holding me up, I haven't taken the time to make a new test jig. Thought about using a small floating platform to hold the end of a flexible line and releasing the gas at or above the water's surface. Designed it, haven't tested it yet. Another thing I want to try is running a gas feed from the house line instead of using a propane tank. Just been too busy, new job, family, blah blah blah... If/when I do more experiments or get a full installation I'll post info here. Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
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