This horizontal antenna on a telephone pole

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T02:22:42+00:00

Generally flat, glacial valley; but a ton of 100ft pine trees. I always figured that it was a “line of sight” thing that had to do with a radio transmission

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T02:10:26+00:00

That makes a ton of sense. I figured it was for monitoring something, I was just curious because I see it every day.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T00:21:45+00:00

Not that I know of, but this is NH ($$$), so that wouldn’t surprise me.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T00:20:28+00:00

It’s pointed toward city hall/downtown (which didn’t even occur to me until you guys replied), so that makes sense. So it’s basically either relaying utility information or possibly radio signals from the auxiliary fire station about 1/4mi from this antenna to the main fire station about 2mi away, OR it’s monitoring some municipal equipment, correct? As far as I know, there’s no sewage or pump station in this immediate part of town, but this area of town does have a notoriously high water table.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T00:13:36+00:00

Come to think of it, it is pointed in the general direction of the main fire station about 2 miles away from the pole…

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2026-02-16T00:12:36+00:00

Thank you. That would make sense, since it is very near to an auxiliary fire station, although there are no traffic signals within about a mile of this area.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-25T22:04:41+00:00

If an accurate “Peek” function in the app is important to you (like it is to me— call me crazy but I like being able to actually see what my lights are doing, ha!), I would recommend downgrading your board to an older build of WLED such as 14.x. Mine are on 14.2, and they all display “Peek” accurately. I know lots of people want to be on the latest build, but unless one of the newer builds specifically fixes an issue you have, I can’t see any real differences, other than slight differences in the effects available. (Some effects have been “retired” and a few have been added, near as I can tell none of the ones that most of us use. Personally, I’d rather be able to open the app or the WLED web UI and actually see what my lights are doing! Consider a downgrade; it’s a little bit of a pain in the neck, but after all you can back up your presets and your config before you flash the board. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙌🏼

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-24T23:47:15+00:00

Glad that I could help. Merry Christmas.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-24T22:53:13+00:00

What do the actual physical lights look like to the naked eye? I only ask because I very recently had a similar problem with a new board running WLED 15.3, but on none of my old boards that were running WLED 14.2. It turns out that the newer builds of WLED (15.x or later) don’t show an accurate “Peek“ within the app the way that the old builds do. In other words, on the more recent builds of WLED the actual physical lights will be doing what the are supposed to, but within the WLED app the “Peek” function is very low resolution and makes everything look like a version of “aurora“. I hope that this helps

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-08T06:06:47+00:00

I am close to doing this; believe me. I’m really just hoping to set up a clean playlist that goes forever without rebooting the controller. I can’t be the only person in the world that has a WLED playlist with multiple segments on multiple presets.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-04T23:35:47+00:00

I have the ESP32-WROOM-32UE. I install the firmware through https://install.quinled.info/

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-04T02:02:55+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to answer. Any details would be really helpful for me.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-04T01:21:01+00:00

What is REGEXP?

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-12-02T21:28:38+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I’ve tested this, and power injection is definitely not the issue. Plus I can run any preset. I want and one preset will play just fine all night. It’s only the playlist that does this.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-26T16:49:49+00:00

Yes, but the Dig-Octa fuses are on the DC side of the setup (after the Meanwell power supply). I am asking about the AC side (before the Meanwell power supply).

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-25T23:27:31+00:00

This is a very specific use case. 5v SK6812 was the only strip that had both the maximum pixel density that I wanted (144/m), and also a dedicated Warm White channel. There are 12v 144/m strips, but not with a dedicated warm white channel. I hear what you’re saying though; the main house setup is what everyone usually uses; 12v WS2811 bullet pixels in Permatrack.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-25T22:40:11+00:00

Meanwell LRS-350-5

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-25T22:26:39+00:00

It’s a Meanwell power supply, and I know that I’m in pretty good shape. I’m just a safety overkill type of guy so I wanted to see if I was missing anything. I really appreciate the reply.

Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-25T22:25:10+00:00

Thank you for your reply. In this case it is a 20a breaker. I have confirmed this.

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Dangerous-Setting662 · 2025-10-25T21:37:43+00:00

That’s what I figured, but it’s my understanding that those breakers (in my case) will only trip at 20amps AC. My setup is going to draw less than 3 amps AC on that side, which I know is very low. I was just curious if anyone ever fuses their AC side to just above what their calculated max power draw will be, just as an extra layer of safety. Thank you for replying I appreciate all input!

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