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Lighting marquees
MAME nut:
OR........paint the area WHITE ;D
RayB:
I might try CCFL myself, but it's hard to find that stuff, priced reasonably. A florescent fixture on the other hand, is cheap and found in most hardware/home stores....
The advantage of CCFL though is it won't create any heat and it runs on much less current...
LordDamo:
--- Quote from: jck_strw on January 21, 2005, 02:44:55 pm ---Hi
I'm using one of those 18", 15W fluorescent "workshop" lights for my marquee light. I finally got my marquee artwork last night and I hooked it all up and turned on the light...and was less than impressed. The lightning looks a bit dim, especially at the ends (my marquee size is roughly 5"x28").
I took the cover off the fluorescent light and it stills seems a bit dim. Most of these workshop lights are all 15W. I could try one of the direct wire ones (and then figure out how to hook that up) which run ~20-30W. What else are people using? Anyone hookup one of those direct-wire jobs (3 wires, white/black/green, seems simple enough, but I've never done any electrical work)?
Thanks in advance for the tips.
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Ive got one of those direct wire jobs. Works a charm. My cabinet is 26" wide, and so is the light.
My first thought when reading your post was that an 18" wide light is of course going to be dim on the ends of a 28" wide marquee. Maybe you should get a wider light. The one ive got came from a referbish of a local bank(was in a pile of stuff they were throwing away), and has a cool white bulb, dead easy to wire up. I used an old power lead off a fan that was burnt out.
Hope this helps some.
SteveJ34:
Ya, as suggested, you can pick up a 24" single bulb fixture for $10.00 at home depot, bulb is another $6-8. You can easily wire to 120v outlet or power source.
If you really want bright, you can get a 2 bulb fixture for about $20.00 but that is probably overkill.
This has worked well for my Lusid design upright as well as several "marquee light boxes" I have built as presents for nephews and friends.
Trimoor:
--- Quote from: Trimoor on January 21, 2005, 03:25:27 pm ---SVC CCFL
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Once again, I recommend this place. They should start paying me for advertising. :)
Dual white CCFL kit $5.99
You can even get ultraviolet bulbs if you want.
For a 28" span, put the two bulbs end to end. They are 12" each and should fit nicely.