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Penth

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I work for a balloon store and we did decorating for some casinos for new years. For the last few years we have done exploding balloons. The way we do it now is we have to run a separate wire to each balloon and then we plug them into a board that we use for shooting fireworks. We're just wondering if there is something cheap and simple that you could put that would accept a RF signal and pop the balloon. I would need something that could support at least 15 channels and ideally the firing mechanism would be able to go through in sequence so one button could do each balloon one at a time in sequence. I didn't know what other forum to ask this in.
 
What is the advantage of having a 15 channel reciever if yo ustill have to run 15 wires from it to each balloon?

The only way I see this being advantageous is if it allows you not to run wires all over the place, but that would mean you'd need 15 different power supplies - one at each balloon.

If you're just trying to be able to pop the baloons without standing next to the control panel, it's be a lot easier and cheaper to hire someone to stand there for an hour and do it for you than it would be to build a whole remote control system.
 
I would want 15 seperate receivers so we hang them with the balloon. So each wire run is maybe 6 inches. Cost is somewhat of an issue but time is usually bigger. The last few years we have had to spend 3 solid days working day and night to get the job done. If we could get them up in a few minutes instead of hours and hours that would benefit us a lot. Also, I would take the transmitter and receivers out and do a test run before to make sure they wouldn't accidentally go off by someone on a cell phone or something. If we could build the units for even $10-$15 each it would be well worth it to us.
 
What kind of power does it require to burn through the baloon? Are you planning on powering these things via a standard electrical outlet, or a battery?
 
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