Our friends over at Zedomax have another cool project that will allow you to win the prize for coolest Christmas lights on your block! Only minor thing I would suggest is that the black AC wire be connected to “L” and the white AC wire be connected to “N” (sorry my electrical license made me do it 🙂 ).
“Okay, today we are going try to build a computer controlled Christmas Lights in 5 minutes.
I’ve been rolling around the neighborhood this late November and some people already have
their Christmas lights decorated. Well I’ve seen many “static” Christmas lights that always
stay on. Today, I will show you how you can customize your Christmas lights by using a PLC,
a Programmable Logic Controller.”
DIY Christmas Lighting Controller

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or you could just buy some SSRs…
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Hi,
I was hoping to buy a commmercial controller this year but just couldnt justify the expence.
Can you please tell me how I might find out more about building one myself?
Thanks!
Jim
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Hey Jim,
You can check out the parts list and the howto here:
http://zedomax.com/blog/zedomax-diy119-make-christmas-light-controller-in-5-minutes/
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