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I have alot of flood lights I use for scene lighting outside... and havent ever had a problem with the weather...

BUT I would love to get some LED or other type color changing (dmx controlled) lights that I can use outside and not have to worry about the rain...

So.. my question is what does everyone do about rain? I have seen some people using some more sophisticated lights but I'm not sure how do you keep them dry?? or what do you use?

lights something like this..

Chauvet LED Rain 56 DMX Par Can RGB DJ Light Effect - eBay (item 220268960907 end time Aug-20-08 19:45:39 PDT)

I tend to use incandescent garden spike lights outside, you can buy them from most hardware stores and fit them with coloured bulbs.

you can then use a Dimmer pack to control the brightness of each string and fade the colours or strobe as you need using a VSA sequence.

LED units can be waterproofed using plastic bags and duct tape, or you can make a waterproof enclosure with a clear perspex front.

Originally Posted by Phoenix_UK

I tend to use incandescent garden spike lights outside, you can buy them from most hardware stores and fit them with coloured bulbs.

you can then use a Dimmer pack to control the brightness of each string and fade the colours or strobe as you need using a VSA sequence.

LED units can be waterproofed using plastic bags and duct tape, or you can make a waterproof enclosure with a clear perspex front.

The lighting spikes I bought (cheapies from Walgreens) have a rubber seal so they are waterproof once the bulb is screwed in.

if you use the garden spikes with regular bulbs and the floods are too brighy you can buy some "high heat" paint at an auto shop and give the floods an extra dusting of color... you can really dull down the brightness that way...