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Marquee light probs...
Minwah:
Thanks guys...
My concern is heat, I suppose 25W should be OK tho. I am probably more concerned than most as my marquee is currently stuck on the back of the glass (I have the same piece of glass for monitor/marquee). Previously the heat from my lamp was melting the marquee adhesive and making it come away!
alank2:
Yes, heat can be a concern with incandescent or fluorescent, but moreso with incandescent. Have you thought about using some super bright LED's ? Some of these babies can put out some serious light and they generate very little heat....
Thanks,
Alan
ras2a:
Cool idea to use Super bright LED's actually, would'nt really have thought of that. But gotta agree that some of them are UNBELIEVABLY bright, it really is quite amazing how much light these things throw out. For those that don't know, you need to look at the 'mcd' rating, this tells you how bright they will be. The higher the figure, the brighter they are! I've just ordered a batch of 10 off ebay (only cost a couple of quid). I'm sticking 2 underneath my trackball and thanks to your ace suggestion, Alan, I may use them for the marquee area! It will deffo alleviate probs with interference & heat, etc. and they should be WELL bright enough. Can only try!
clanggedin:
I've noticed that more than 2 superbright leds under the trackball makes it too bright when you are playing with the lights off in the house.
I may switch to LEDs for my marquee too. I was going to try a cold cathode tube first. You can get dual tubes for the sames price as a floresent kit from Home Depot.
RacerX:
I'm planning on using a pair of cold cathode tubes for the marquees on each of the three jukeboxes I'm building. They just use power from the PC power supply, and they don't get hot.