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Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm?

Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment
Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 12:48 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? (George Ceffalio)

> A customer asked about a cove lighting job
> and wanted to know which tube size he should
> use. The guy I work with told him 10mm and I
> said 15mm. This turned into weeks of debate.
> I told him with this logic, he should use
> 8mm and it would be even brighter. The cove
> was only ten feet and the transformer size
> and cost did not matter. Then I asked him,
> without considering the transformer sizes,
> why are most channel letters fit with 15mm
> rather than 10mm? I used more examples, but
> you get the idea.
> Thanks, George

For large channel letters (other than red) try 18mm running on 60 mA. Most don't want to pay for them though ;-)

Mark

SVP Neon Equipment

Messages In This Thread

• Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- George Ceffalio -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 12:04 a.m.
  • Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 1:06 a.m.
    • Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- George Ceffalio -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 1:31 a.m.
      • Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- sivart -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 10:57 a.m.
        • Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- George Ceffalio -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 12:42 p.m.
          • Re: Which tube is brighter- 10mm or 15mm? -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 11 March 2008, at 12:48 p.m.

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