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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: chucklepie on September 26, 2012, 09:31:07 am
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Hello,
My marquee is 660mm by 150mm.
I've bought a 14w Fluorescent 60cm T5 Striplight. It's a tight squeeze and I'm wondering whether it's overkill.
Do you think a a 8w 34cm would do? I'm more thinking would the edge of the marquee be dim?
thanks.
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most marquees use an "F15T8" fluorescent light. it's about 43 centimetres.
it's 15 watts and pretty bright. I guess my question would be... is your marquee DARK or does it have a fair amount of bright or white colour in it?
if it's dark I would suggest the brighter bulb...otherwise you may hardly notice it's lit up since most of the light is going to blocked.
if it's light or fairly brightly coloured a lower wattage may do just fine.
I would still try to get one al long as the opening will fit. You don't want a "hot spot" of light in the middle of the marquee and have the edges dark.
with flourecent fixtures try to find something with the stadard "medium Bi-pin" also known as a "G13" connections... the bulbs are a lot more common than the small size commonly found with Chinese imported fixtures. and the bulbs are about 1/4 the price of them too.
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Cheers, I'll stick with the longer one then. As for the marquee, I haven't decided on the design yet, but I've found a place that's cheap enough and do prints on 'backlit' paper.