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Marquee light, too....white?
Onji:
Hey guys, I did a search on this but didnt find any definate advice. I have a standard 18" 15w florescent fixture/bulb for my marquee, and ive never liked it. It just doesnt make the marquee look good at all. Its either too much white, or washed out or something. My question is, what type of bulb/fixture did you use to light your marquee? Does blacklight work best? I'm just stumped here. My entire fixture recently went completely out, so now is a good a time as ever to go ahead and get something i'll like. The marquee is from mamemarquees.com and its awesome, i just need to light it correctly.
Here is a pic of the cab with the lights in the room off, you can see what i'm talking about:
Gameboy.au:
I used a 16" workshop light that runs off a 12V car battery, and then changed the fluro to a 'cool white' colour. It's a slightly blue white light and does the job for keeping the colours accurate nicely, however, It's not bright enough for my liking. :-\
From looking at yours, I assume that you don't like the fact it's too bright.
It's an interesting one. I might ask a couple of arcade repairers (1 is just up the road from work) and get back to you.
Onji:
--- Quote from: Gameboy.au on June 21, 2004, 11:53:21 pm ---I used a 16" workshop light that runs off a 12V car battery, and then changed the fluro to a 'cool white' colour. It's a slightly blue white light and does the job for keeping the colours accurate nicely, however, It's not bright enough for my liking. :-\
From looking at yours, I assume that you don't like the fact it's too bright.
It's an interesting one. I might ask a couple of arcade repairers (1 is just up the road from work) and get back to you.
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Yes i believe too bright may have been the description i was looking for, and light not distributed evenly. I would love to keep the colors accurate. I would like something i can just plug into a powerstrip, using a car battery doesnt really sound that appealing :(
I appreciate the offer of asking a repairer, that would be great, thanks!
pointdablame:
Why not take some paper and cover the back of the marquee a bit so that it diffuses the light and dulls it slightly?
You could use a thicker or thinner paper or multiple sheets until you get the brightness you need, and could use colored paper if you wanted to give the light a slight tint.
Onji:
whoa, i never thought of this! i'll give that a shot and see how it turns out, thanks man