Thread: Bulb for lightning effect

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Hi All,

This forum ROCKS! I have promised my kids for years that we would go all out for Halloween, and this is the year. I have been bit by the Halloween bug.

Quick question. Is this the type bulb that people are using for lightnig effects:

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/6671/STAG-BCASYL.html

Thanks for all your help!!!

Happy Halloween!

That's the one, alright. I use two of those along with two white photofloods - a blinding effect.

I use photo floods and like the blue ones as well as you have shown

Thanks for the reply!!

Otaku - Question for you. As this is my first year doing this, I am just using one of the Christmas Tree FX boxes for the lightning effect (next year I will upgarde). As I only have one, I was just going to run two lights. In your opinion, should I use two blue bulbs or a white and a blue. One light will point at one side of the front of my house and the other at the other side.

Thanks again for the help!!

I used two of the christmas fx boxes (L&R channels) a few weeks ago at an annual event. I searched quite a while for bulbs. I bought a few photo flash bulbs and though they worked great, don't bump them when lit, they will lose the filament. I settled on using 500 watt shop lights like the one below. The FX box is 500 watts. (These little boxes rock for the money.) I set them on the ground shining up into the trees. I was really happy with how they looked. With a 100 watts/channel x 4 the sound was awesome. I pointed a few speakers away from where I wanted it to go, bouncing it off hard objects. It blended the sound well. As far as the lights, I set my haunt up in a few different locations so I really needed something durable as it relates to the bulbs. The lights below were 10 bucks at Lowes. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by kimcfadd

Thanks for the reply!!

Otaku - Question for you. As this is my first year doing this, I am just using one of the Christmas Tree FX boxes for the lightning effect (next year I will upgarde). As I only have one, I was just going to run two lights. In your opinion, should I use two blue bulbs or a white and a blue. One light will point at one side of the front of my house and the other at the other side.

Thanks again for the help!!

I'd go for the white and the blue. The blue isn't "blue" light, like a blue floodlight, it's more like an arc welder flash. Test the bulb locations to see where you'll get the best blend of the two colors.

Anyone have a full tutorial on this? I don't have an Xmas tree light controller and wouldn't know how to get one working with these for the lightning effect.