Help required - Outdoor Disco Lights

Hi,

Not sure if this is the correct group to post this query to or not - but here goes anyway!

I am looking to install some disco lights into some decking in my garden - does anyone know if this can be done? If so - what is required to do this? And where might I source this?

Not looking to do anything too 'special' just something straight forward, and hopefully not too costly, for my son (and me) to have some fun with!

Any help offered would be greatly appreciated

Thanks, Susan

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susan.copping
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Are you asking for a 'lights in the floor' dance floor, a spot light on a spinning disco ball or just exactly what?

You will probably have to have a new source of power run from your breaker panel but that depends of the total power consumption. Other than that, it's just a matter of running the wire and connecting it all up. Of course, it all must be weather rated and grounded.

Reply to
Lord Garth

First, you have to define "disco lights". Some of us have never heard the term before, and most of us who are old enough to remember "Disco" would rather forget about it. ;-)

Good Luck! Rich

Reply to
Rich Grise

"Disco lights" has as many meanings as there are types of people.

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Reply to
JeffM

I am probably using the wrong term!

What I am looking for is some round led style lights that can be sunk into the decking and can be hooked up to a light controller that will allow the lights to be turned on and off to the beat of some music. These lights could be just a number of different colour lights, eg 3 red, 3 blue, 3 green, etc, or even better each be a light that can be forced to a specific colour (does such a thing exist?!)

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Susan

Reply to
susan.copping

You're asking for a 'color organ'. Most use incandescent lights, not LEDs. There are many schematics available as well as kits. These kits are not the sort of thing one would permanently install.

Basically, it's a frequency selective circuit that triggers an SCR to apply power to the lamps.

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Lord Garth

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