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bad H 3 all from the same walgreens store! One from THRU one from PHARMACY and one from the THRU on the other side. Also pulled a C from PHARMACY and U from THRU There was a short in the C and the old transformer wasn't secondary ground fault protected..needless to say when I turned ot on the C was smoking and arced a hole in the sign can! I fixed that right away, the transformer was hot but it survived fortunately! There was also another short I repaired..the last contractor didn't even put a boot over the neon electrode! Also the ends break off easily on EOL neon just like a T8 fluorescent after failure on an IS ballast Keywords: Lamps

bad H

3 all from the same walgreens store! One from THRU one from PHARMACY and one from the THRU on the other side. Also pulled a C from PHARMACY and U from THRU
There was a short in the C and the old transformer wasn't secondary ground fault protected..needless to say when I turned ot on the C was smoking and arced a hole in the sign can! I fixed that right away, the transformer was hot but it survived fortunately!
There was also another short I repaired..the last contractor didn't even put a boot over the neon electrode!
Also the ends break off easily on EOL neon just like a T8 fluorescent after failure on an IS ballast

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joe_347V   [Apr 13, 2014 at 03:07 AM]
Good thing you fixed the arcing. Shocked

Do you guys keep and rebuild the EOL tubes with new fill and electrodes or do you just order a new tube?
A_lights   [Apr 13, 2014 at 03:13 AM]
Yeah the neon guy does all that, new electrodes and he lets it burn in and everything
don   [Apr 13, 2014 at 07:21 AM]
That's fascinating that you get to work with neon/sign tubes!
A_lights   [Apr 13, 2014 at 07:31 AM]
I've got a couple good stories to tell you Shocked

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