New Product: NovaMatrix™ LED Marquee Light - GroovyGameGear

[ARTIFACT]

I'm totally ordering one when I get around to ordering my Turbo Twist 2 Spinner + Token Knob

[BobA]

Here is my shadowbox with a nova matrix lighting the marquee.  Sorry hard to get a clear pic with the flash off but it does show how bright it is under regular room lighting. The shadow box has only 1.5 inches of depth so the leds are facing down and I used foil to reflect the light out.   Not an ideal situation but good lighting for marquee.

[jfunk]

Here is my shadowbox with a nova matrix lighting the marquee.  Sorry hard to get a clear pic with the flash off but it does show how bright it is under regular room lighting. The shadow box has only 1.5 inches of depth so the leds are facing down and I used foil to reflect the light out.   Not an ideal situation but good lighting for marquee.

AWESOME!  That's what I'm wanting to do with my marquees...

Did you write up any plans for it?

[BobA]

No plans required.   Get one 40% off coupon for Micheals (craft store) and purchase a shadowbox that will hold your marquee.  Mine was 20 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches.  It was a bit tall at 9.5 inches but I used black matting to cover the extra area inside the frame as my marquee was only 6.5 inches.   Mount the LEDs at the top of the box pointing down.  Cover the backboard of the shadowbox with foil.  Attach a 12V power supply via molex connectors and you are finished.

[jfunk]

That's all that is?  Nice! 

[pboreham]

Got my Marquee light today and whilst i may be a while off fitting it, I have a dumb newbie question (or two!)

The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?

Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?

(I am a total electronics newbie, so better get reading I reckon!)

Thanks, Paul.

[RandyT]

The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?

Either one will work fine.  It's intended for an eventual pass-thru cable for multiple unit installations.

Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?

It's intended only to facilitate connection to the lighting unit.  18 - 24 awg wire should be fine.  Use wire with a power rating rather than "speaker wire" to be safe.  Connect the red cable to a 12v line of your PC power supply and the black wire to Ground.  You can use one of your drive cables (normally the yellow wire is +12v and Black on the same connector is Ground.)

RandyT

[pboreham]

The light strip has 2 sockets for the wiring block to go into - which one does the supplied wire block fit into?

Either one will work fine.  It's intended for an eventual pass-thru cable for multiple unit installations.

Also, the wire on the block is very short - where do I connect this too? I assume the PC power supply, so which is the best type of wire to run to it?

It's intended only to facilitate connection to the lighting unit.  18 - 24 awg wire should be fine.  Use wire with a power rating rather than "speaker wire" to be safe.  Connect the red cable to a 12v line of your PC power supply and the black wire to Ground.  You can use one of your drive cables (normally the yellow wire is +12v and Black on the same connector is Ground.)

RandyT

Thanks Randy - told you I was a newbie! 

[ElfShotTheFood]

the pass thru cable sounds interesting,  do you think it would take 2 or 3 to light this gem that i received today?

This is going to be a fun one to build a shadowbox for.