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"James Sweet" wrote in message
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"Tim" wrote in message
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My old NO VACANCY neon sign is an old metal box, the old brown paint on
the box is very faded.The neon glass tubes, some parts of the glass
tubes are completly broken away, missing.The box still has the old high
voltage power thingy in it.I don't think there is anybody in my local
city area who builds/repairs old neon signs.I only hang onto it because
it is very old and I like to collect all kinds of very old things.The
Postman Always Rings Twice old movie.That poor cat got zapped on that
neon sign.
cuhulin


You could always use those Cold Cathode light ropes they sell for
computer case modding. They could bring the neon look back to life, with
no HV problems to deal with.

- Tim -


Or just send the glass out to have it fixed properly. I dunno how it's
possible to live to far from a neon shop, there's lots of mom & pop joints
still spread around the country. The craft nearly died out for a while,
but in the last couple decades there's been somewhat of a revival. Once
have the sign box with the transformer, it's not terribly expensive to
have new units made for a simple sign like that.

There's LED "neon" out these days, but nothing comes close to the real
thing, it just doesn't look right.


Yup ! 'Neon' tubework has a look all of its own. When I first went to Vegas
probably 20 odd years ago, it was all neon. Now, with a few exceptions like
the main signage at Flamingo, and one or two machine banks on the casino
floor, the Strip is now predominantly lit by LEDs and LED giant screen TVs.
There's still some original-style neon tubework downtown at the Golden
Nugget and so on, but not a lot any more. The neon had a much more 'organic'
feel about it, I think. Kinda like the difference between film and video.
Still very pretty there, and unlike anywhere else on earth, but not quite as
'warm' feeling as in the old days ...

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