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| Pixelhugger:
--- Quote from: vrf on November 18, 2006, 09:55:34 pm --- can you recommend a good place to have a small marquee printed on the backlight material? --- End quote --- mamemarquees.com, opt for the premium backlit stuff |
| vrf:
yeah, I may have to go with mamemarquees, although my job will be a fraction of the smallest size/price on his site. Thanks! |
| richms:
Both myself and several people I know have had those cheap inverters with CCFLs blow up, in some cases with spectacular results, in mine just a bad smell and a hole melted in the side of it. Ive decided that they are not worth the risk. With white leds being as good and as cheap as they are now, thats a much better option IMO. |
| vrf:
richms... how would you get a nice light panel from LEDs? And how would you power it? |
| richms:
I would get some nice wide angle ones rather then the insanley high mcd but useless viewing angle ones that seem to be all too common. I would then sand the end to make it more diffuse and place them on a white background. Probarbly would need 10 or so across a normal sized marque. Run off 12 v with the appropriate resistor, maybe a higher value one to reduce the brightness a bit if it ends up too much. otherwise could try the leds at the front aiming onto the white back of the marque box. |
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