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Overly Hot Marquee Light Compartment == fire?

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Vigo:

If it's a flourescent light, it probably isn't getting too hot, but if you are worried about your marquee being harmed, you can probably back up your lighting another inch or so from your marquee as long as your cabinet permits it. It shouldn't have too much effect on how bright your marquee will shine.

bleemus:

Looks like most of these are from case-mod places whose websites look somewhat shady... does anyone have a casemod place that they have used that they can recommend?

NightGod:

www.newegg.com

You actually might have trouble finding white CCLs, though, most places make them in colors or UV for case mods.

bleemus:

I'll try newegg, I built my last machine from there.

FYI, an infrared thermometer reads around 100F on the surface of the marquee (almost 110 on the wood that the light is hanging on from inside the cab) after a couple hours... this is without the back on, as well... I'm thinking that is pretty warm given how much more ventilation it has now compared to what it will have with everything closed in.

fatfingers:


Has anyone ever tried using these to backlight their marquee?  They ought to be cool enough, but I'm wondering if they would distribute the light evenly or if the light would be blotchy???

Thanks!


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