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Marquee lighting -- how bright of a light do I need?
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MiKman:

--- Quote from: SideShow Rob on July 06, 2004, 04:04:13 pm ---Hi Guys...

Going slightly off topic...how far away do you guys mount the light from the marquee?



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My light is 4.5 inches from the marquee
ceege:
energy produced is (in general) LOWER than energy used .. because no electronic device is 100% efficient .. so your lamp might consume 33w of electricity to produce 30w of light...
because lights are simple, I would expect the efficiency to be hight, but I could be totally off on that
NIVO:
another sugesstion.............
if you want to keep that particular one, and you have a HOBBY LOBBY near you, you can buy some plastic sheets that are milky white, that look and act perfectly like diffuser panels, and they are like $2. Double or even triple them up to get the exact brightness/dimness you require. They also sell colored ones as well. I recall I found them back by the posterboard supply area. Hope that helps resolve your troubles or atleast gives you an alternative.
IncrdblHulk7:
Has anyone tried using other light sources (other than flouresant)?  

When I get that far with my cab - I wanted to have the option of having all the lights in CAB (including marquee) dim/flash to beat of music.  Cant do that with flouresant fixtures.

Has anyone tried a bunch of LEDs?  Does their narrow angle prohibit this?

sofakng:
IncrdblHulk7, wow that sounds really cool :)  Good luck with that.

As for my marquee light, I mounted it last night.  We ended up splitting the wood that was part of a support strip but it's not real bad and it's not visible from the outside.

On top of that, the marquee is about 3 inches closer to the left.  What that means is that the left side will appear brighter than the right side.

So, I was thinking about either mounting another support strip to block the light or using extra pieces of "diffuser-type" of paper on that side.

What do you think would be the best solution to make the light appear evenly across the marquee?
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