lights to turn on sequentially??

[luv2liv]

my living room has 2 rows of recessed lighting.
so if you turn on the switch now, all 8 will light up simultaneously.
now, how can i wire or set them up so that they light up in sequence? kinda like how the lights work at the airport whenever a plane lands? that would be so cool!

 

[Red Squirrel]

You would need to have each light on a relay, and then have an electronic control to activate the relay in sequence. You could either use something that is USB enabled and code a program to do it, or actually solder all the appropriate components together to do it as a stand alone circuit board. I'm not too familiar with electronics so I can't help much there.

 

[Mark R]

Time-delay relays. These are electrically operated switches that can be programmed to turn on after a delay.

Use a separate timer relay for each delay that you want.

 

[luv2liv]

Time-delay relays. These are electrically operated switches that can be programmed to turn on after a delay.

Use a separate timer relay for each delay that you want.

i see so many on ebay. which one do i get?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...y+relay&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
i like to set the delay to 1 second, for each pair of light. so 3 seconds after flipping the switch, all 8 lights will be on.
0 seconds :
1 second : :
2 seconds : : :
3 seconds : : : :

 

[Mark R]

i see so many on ebay. which one do i get?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...y+relay&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

This one looks ideal:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-110V-Pow...ltDomain_0&hash=item5adf0fb331#ht_1849wt_1139

It's a socketed one. So you'll need a socket for it.
Gonna work out expensive, I think!

 

[bobdole369]

Lutron. Pricy though.