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  • Making lit letters for a sign, incandescent bulbs or leds?
  • iamanobody
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    Making a sign (80cm x 50cm for each character) and want to illuminate them (for a wedding)
    Would you use normal bulbs or leds?
    How would you do it? light bulbs in series or parallel? Battery or mains – AAAAGH!!

    cheers in advance!!

    andysredmini
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    Led every time. No heat to worry about and you could probably run them from a battery.

    stevied
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    iamanobody
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    5mm leds?

    surroundedbyhills
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    LED all the way.

    iamanobody
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    needs to be flexible and not mega expensive

    iamanobody
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    I saw a sign with led bulbs (e10 fitting i think) that looked like 10mm globe incandesant bulbs but struggling to find some 🙁

    any ideas??

    mikewsmith
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    LED strips or garden type lights

    NZCol
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    LED lights from IKEA run on two AAs

    stevied
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    My local Lidl had some LED flexible strips for about £7 the other day

    mrjmt
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    drill a board in the pattern you want and push (led) christmas tree lights through.

    marcus7
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    Saying led and no heat to worry about… Are you sure….? 8)

    FunkyDunc
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    Candles ?

    TheDTs
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    Temporary sign obvs. Use christmas lights? Drill through back plate poke each bulb through a hole and fix on the back..

    IAASM (I am a Signmaker, but we don’t do electrics)

    TheDTs
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    Didn’t see that, Marcus.

    Cougar
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    EL wire.

    Why has this thread suddenly sprung into life when it’s been dormant for a month?

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