-
More lighting advice needed please?
Hi everyone,
I’m after some more guidance with regard to trough lighting please.
Thanks to feedback from Carrie in an earlier posts I’ve obtained some prices for llighting
supplied with a sign frame. However I’ve just been looking through this months sign
update and come across ads for trough systems from Portland lighting (Signlux system)
and Insight sign systems (Highlight budget T5 system). My question is which system
would you recommend for illuminating a 915mm tall sign with built up elements
(40mm returns).Also as I havent installed lighting previously is there anything I should be wary of or
forewarned about (I’ve already told the client he must get an electrician to make the final
hook up to the mains supply).Thanks, Peter.
-
7 Replies
-
If this is the sign we were talking about the other day Pete, its a very long sign as well isn’t it? Over 30ft anyway, don’t know whether that’d make a difference to lighting options or not? 🙄
Cheers, Dewi
-
Trough lighting is the standard type tube lighting encased
I like this kind of lighting as it is uniform distribution
However the only drawback is the intensity of light
It isn’t that brilliant (no pun intended) when it come to luminosity
as opposed to the high intensity floodlightsThis certainly needs to be pointed out to the customer in case he is expecting the 4th of July effect
I had an electrician do the last one simply because he fitted a timer on it
The brackets are fairly simple to fix to the wall
John
-
Peter, my advice would be to ring Portland and ask them, I use Portland for trough lighting and have always found them to be very helpful and the prices are reasonable to. Only other thing I would say is that you may need to bring the light a bit further out than usual as 915mm is quite a deep facia and dont site the light to close to the top of the sign. They are dead easy to install and the electrical work is easy to, but if you have told the customer he needs an electrician thats even better. On that note if the lighting is being fed directly into a fuse box then I would do all the work myself but get an electrician to make the final conection to the box as you need to hold a sixteen edition certificate to touch fuse boxes and I dont hold one yet.
-
Thanks for the feedback guys, yep thats the job Dewi.
John I think I’m covered on this as the client insisted on trough lighting.
Martin, spoke to Portland and Insight both helpful thanks.
While we’re discussing the electrical side of things, whats the usual way of
getting the cable into the shop. Obviously a hole need drilling through, but
what stops the rain getting in along the cable?Also is it usual to put up the lights before the sign frame?
Finally for now, should the client have planning permission for the lighting?
Thanks, Peter
-
Just drill hole put wire through and silicon around it, you can also get grommets like the cable TV companies use.
As said, using trough lighting you will end up with shadows and poor light coverage, they will have to be spaced off quite a bit to get even light.. or maybe one top and bottom. Portland do some nice bullet shaped spot lights, which can be mounted on long stalks, and they look goodSimon
-
Hello Mate
Put the sign up first followed by the lighting. Feed the cable into the building. If you can go through the edge of the window frame it will make the job a whole lot easier. Then seal around the cable, inside as well as outside with a silicon based filler. Job done, happy days.
-
Thanks guys :thanks2:
I had all sorts of complex solutions trying to force themselves
on me.Oh yeah, any thoughts on the planning permission side of things?
Log in to reply.