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coasternuts:
I have searched and it doesn't appear to be a popular topic...
I am looking for lighting solutions for a cab-less marquee lightbox. The easiest but bulkiest solution is to use a flourescent lamp. I have no experience with LEDm Cold-Cathode tubes, or glowire. Would one of these be a better solution? These seem to have drivers that can be driven by battery power. If batteries were used, how long would they last and would they be bright enough?
If I wanted to power LED/Cold Cathode from a 120VAC, what would be the best solution?
And if there really is a not so expensive, bulky solution, what do you use to mount your marquee to the wall.
I suppose I could get them framed.
Dire Radiant:
what a great idea! Theres this blank spot on my wall right by where the cab is going...hmmm....
I'd say that if you want to use batteries (I wouldn't but that's just me) then superbright LEDs are probably your best bet. They'll last a heck of a lot longer than CCFLs will. Personally I've never powered cold cathodes with anything other than an ATX power supply so I don't know of any compact solutions other than a 1U power supply as used in 1 rack unit servers and the like. Those get kinda expensive although you dont need a freat one just to power CCFLs
Are you planning on putting several marquees in one box or do you want a box for each marquee. Either way that's going to look great on the wall of the game room!
coasternuts:
Preferably 1 box per marquee. But, I want to keep the "box" size small. Preferably as small as a picture frame.
These look interesting....anybody have experience with one of these
NIVO:
http://www.crazypc.com
BobA:
I used some light rope that plugs into 120 directly. Some of them let you cut the rope at certain points to adjust the length used. About $10 Cdn.
BobA
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