Just a quickie - neon sign controller
Added 2022-03-14 21:21:12 +0000 UTCThis is a very short video of the sign animator on a large neon sign on the side of a famous Scottish music venue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRr-U6uQKow
It wasn't easy to film due to being quite slow in operation.
The letters build up to spell the name and then the stars light.
Comments
Are the contacts high voltage for the neon or line voltage to the drivers?
Michael Gilchrest
2022-03-19 04:39:56 +0000 UTCVery respectful toast to Michael Thompson. The fact you always speak the truth and are not afraid to speak from your heart definitely comes through. Thanks for all you do.
Alex Taylor
2022-03-18 23:08:48 +0000 UTCPrompted me to search YT for a video of the sign. I know of the venue but wasn't aware of the neon sign. A superb thing it is!
2022-03-17 04:05:39 +0000 UTCIf they'd used that system here it would have been easy to fit new microswitches.
Big Clive
2022-03-17 01:46:33 +0000 UTCIt is still great old school tech , Commercial dish washers used multi-cam micro-switch.Easy to test easy to repair.
richard ockman
2022-03-16 16:30:30 +0000 UTCDon't fuck with it.
Russell Levine
2022-03-16 00:02:48 +0000 UTCIt does, but probably showing the sign operating and then the controller. Not so easy, as it would require someone to go in at night to turn it on. The sign only gets used during events.
Big Clive
2022-03-15 23:42:37 +0000 UTCYes they are. Noting the use of earth wire for some of the live connections.
Big Clive
2022-03-15 23:41:09 +0000 UTCIt's lasted a long time, but shows signs of contact pitting.
Big Clive
2022-03-15 23:40:34 +0000 UTCIt is at just about groin height.
Big Clive
2022-03-15 23:39:59 +0000 UTCOr indeed any other parts of one's anatomy. :-)
Jon Knight
2022-03-15 22:38:11 +0000 UTCNeeds to be a little longer video maybe.
richard ockman
2022-03-15 17:31:40 +0000 UTCGreat video! I'm guessing these contacts are on the primary side of the HV transformer?
Mike Page
2022-03-15 12:15:58 +0000 UTCI have Seen that before on old chasing light marquee signs, also Reminds me of the Cam timers and micro switches we used to control solenoid valves for timing water effects in the Water park.
Jonathan Hughes
2022-03-15 04:22:00 +0000 UTCI imagine this is pretty reliable…
Michael Gilchrest
2022-03-15 04:10:07 +0000 UTCIt's definitely not something you poke your fingers into.
Big Clive
2022-03-15 02:13:25 +0000 UTCI love these old mechanisms in the days before electronics. I guess there's no reason to modernise it if this continues to be functional and repairable.
Gavin Stirling
2022-03-14 23:31:19 +0000 UTCsort of a cam-switch system. Reminds me of ancient phone systems I occasionally find in commercial building closets which are just an array of mechanical relays switching phone lines in and out.
2022-03-14 21:45:59 +0000 UTCLooks spicy!
Russell Levine
2022-03-14 21:42:57 +0000 UTC
