Time to put up the Christmas lights - with a difference.

4 Dec 2022

I've not been as active as I'd have liked on E14 over the last year or so. That's something I hope to change. I've mainly been busy with a new job (with lots to learn), but also the change from Jive to Verint at the same time didn't help. Nothing felt quite in the same place.

Anyway, I feel it's time for something Christmassy. Something silly. Something fun. Something likely to fail, but that doesn't really matter.

I'm really not a fan of putting up Christmas light. We tens to hang then along the roofline of our house. It looks good, but it's high. I always end up standing at the very top of a long ladder, often with the top rung about knee height and my hand against the wall. It feels dangerous. Frankly, it is dangerous. Each year I swear I'm not doing it again. Time to get smart about it.

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ntewinkel over 3 years ago in reply to Fred27

It was a very worthy attempt!
I'm glad your drone is ok, and hope your fingers have already healed (I see that was nearly 2 weeks ago now).

I was kind of thinking that while watching your earlier videos, if a long extendable pole might be able to reach the peaks instead of using the drone, and it looks like you made it happen

I avoided the peaks myself this year, and just stuck with the areas I can reach from my step ladder (my real ladder left me for another house when I was younger ).
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robogary over 3 years ago in reply to Fred27

Very nice job. Good decision on the permanent installation, Murphy's Law states the the LED strings mounted at the peaks would fail after a year or 2.
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dougw over 3 years ago

Pretty ambitious idea, but it will be awesome if you can figure out how to make it work.
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Fred27 over 3 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

I thought about that, but wanted the hook below the centre of mass so any downward pull would be less likely to cause instabiity. Maybe a longer hook would have helped.
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Fred27 over 3 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

We had the soffits repainted a couple of years ago. I thought about getting the lights permanently (but discretely) mounted, but decided against it.

I'm sure the drone manual has a warning. I usually grab it from below rather than landing it. It's a good technique and this is the only time it went slightly wrong.
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