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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2005, 12:45:47 pm » |
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Josh, that's EXACTLY how I want my V-56 to look when I'm done. All red with just those few areas of white.
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2005, 12:51:42 pm » |
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| Quote (Bob K @ Mar. 02 2005,11:41) | | kito, have you thought about what type of fixture you will plant in there? |
I dunno. I figured something like this (but obviously small enough to fit in there).
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2005, 02:21:10 pm » |
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You are right that all of their fixtures are too big, but there is one that will fit that you wouldn't think to use. It is the newer type under the cabnet style that has a bulb that is bent 180 degrees back in the direction of the start. That sounds confusing so I will try to look it up when I am at home. ANyway I take the lights out of their plastic housing and mount them to the machine. I also use shiny metal tape to make the back side shiny. It really doesn't matter what it looks like as no one will ever see it.
Josh
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2005, 02:23:12 pm » |
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Here is one without the background.
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2005, 04:23:28 pm » |
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That's a great idea, Josh.
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« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2005, 02:17:07 pm » |
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There is usually a few light sign frames on ebay.
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TERRY@SODAWORKS RESTORATIONS
Lots of Round Top machines
Buy-Sell-Trade-Restorations
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2005, 02:33:59 pm » |
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Yes there are but be awair that the 63 frames do not fit the 56's.
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2005, 04:30:37 pm » |
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Josh, I know nothing about lighting, what is that part in the photo below with the circle around it?
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2005, 09:33:16 pm » |
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That is the transformer or ballest or what ever it is called. Unlike the ones that are on our machines it didn't have a way to mount it so I cut the origional housing that held it in the light and mounted that to the machine. So it is the ballest and a piece of plastic holding it in.
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« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2005, 12:30:02 am » |
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This is the old way that fluorescent lights were powered. One of the things next to the ballast should be a starter. The ballast is just a coil, not a transformer (which has two or more coils). But it's still called a ballast. Newer lights have electronic starters built into the ballast unit, all in one housing. All ballasts and starters are rated for the bulbs that they power. You can still buy the old coil-style ballasts and starters from Home Depot and Lowes. That's where I got the parts to fix mine.
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