some seeing eye wrote:Nightbase, this is two independent problems you can solve in order. 1 x ribs of y length chaser strings each drawing q amps at 110v. 2 solar battery inverter system that can power it.
No whining.

See none of that made any sense to me. That's why I'm here, to learn. No whining here.

Now those cheap LED strips I've seen them around online, by not fancy what do you exactly mean? Are they boring? Not that bright? By not fancy I mean single color, simple modes (on/off/blink), possible lack of brightness and/or reliability. Are these the neopixels you speak of? http://www.adafruit....

Diodes I really don't know to be honest. I'm not an expert with this kind of stuff soo I really don't even know what RGB means. I would like a controller for the lights. A pattern would be great and I would need just enough lights to fill the dome. As some seeing eye said, be an engineer and jump i...

Look up chaser LED and variants. Search ePlaya for solar, read and understand. If you feel all that allows you to specify the solar panel, charger, battery, inverter sizes, do it. If specific questions, find someone local to you or ask specifics further here. Jump in, be an engineer, learn it all. ...

My dome is a 4-V variant that measures 20 feet in diameter. If you use a reflective (or just white canvas) cover, you can light this with 20 watts or less. My suggestion is to put a 100 watt compact flourescent bulb at the apex that is powered by an inverter from a 12-volt battery. You can run this...

When you say "do solar" be aware that solar only works during the day when there is light outside. So, more accurately, I think by doing solar you mean to charge some battery during the day which will then power your electrical system at night. Strictly speaking your LEDs are therefore not powered ...

Hi y'all, I'm planning on building a 19 ft. wide x 9.5 ft. high, 278 sq. ft. 4V dome I want my dome to look pretty and what better way to have it all lit up with beautiful lights! Something like this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkzWoytEuUE DOES ANYBODY have any idea how I can do this solar? ...