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Marquee lighting... LEDs or fluorescent?
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mvsfan:
yeah if youve already got a cabinet that came with two incandescant sockets like my dynamo did,

just replace the incandescants with CFL and save some work.
Turnarcades:

--- Quote from: RandyT on July 28, 2009, 04:12:48 pm ---The weak point in the CCFL situation is almost always the inexpensive inverters which convert the 12vdc to to 90 or so volts it takes to run the lights.  I've seen them fail on a commercial installation we did with them in my last job.  Also, bear in mind that even though the input to the inverter is 12v on most of these, the lights are still very much "high" voltage devices.  They are also more fragile than LED's.

RandyT

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True, the inverter is the weak point, but as they come with a switch to turn them on/off automatically with the PC, they are not stuck on for long periods of time, the tubes themselves do not give out much heat and in the event an inverter goes you can get a replacement for about £2 in the UK. For the relatively short time they are running inside a cabinet in play they seem to be fine and I ran one in my last cabinet for two years with no problems before I sold the cab. The fragility is not really an issue as once they are mounted inside the marquee space there is nothing to damage them.
AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: RandyT on July 28, 2009, 04:12:48 pm ---

The weak point in the CCFL situation is almost always the inexpensive inverters which convert the 12vdc to to 90 or so volts it takes to run the lights.  I've seen them fail on a commercial installation we did with them in my last job.  Also, bear in mind that even though the input to the inverter is 12v on most of these, the lights are still very much "high" voltage devices.  They are also more fragile than LED's.


RandyT

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We have sold 257 of these CCFL tubes with inverters. No reported failures at all.
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