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Re: electronic transformers

>>In the february issue of STa review on elctronic transformers, stands
>>out the 3.000.000 units sold of the neon tech units. Could it be ?,
>>anyone tested them, I have a couple of them and seem to work.
>>
>>Regards Mario.
>
>I have several of their "210AI" units out in the field.  None have ever
>come back, and it lights more footage than any transformer I've ever seen.
>
>My complaint about it is that it's not very bright.  I would say it's about
>20-25 percent dimmer than a comparable 30ma.
>
>The ones I've gotten were actally made by Electrobits.
>
>  -John
>
>
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Neon Tech is a local company. I've been there a few times.
They are mostly a high volume sign company (Pioneer Karaoke signs
for instance). They distrubute xformers and standoffs and electrodes.
They used to sell glass too that they coated in-house. Ugly coating.
I went there to buy phosphor the other day and they wouldn't sell
it so maybe they don't do it anymore. The company that makes the
xformers is called Rocus. Neon Tech is/was their distrubuter. They
are a 99.9% Taiwanese firm (one wasp sales guy). 

They plant is pretty amazing. They have about a hundred automated
bombing/burn-in stations on a 2 story conveyor system. The only
manual intervention is the putting the units on the station and as it passes
by the gas transfer station.

I had the same problem with the transformers. too dim. I made the mistake
of selling a sign with one of those xformers to friend. It went next to a 
Price club OPEN sign. Those OPEN signs are REALLY bright (Everbrite co.)
and mine looked way dim in comparison. The xformer construction and shape
is very similar to Neon Dynamics (although hopefully more dependable) as
they use them on their own high volume signs. (I ended up using a core 
and coil to get more brightness and him mount it away from the ugly
OPEN sign).

They also make a nice 3 -3.5K electronic xformer. It's pretty high freq
so it doesn't squeal and lights reasonably bright for indoor signs. It
also doesn't bead much (like many of the tech200 units). It's a tad
large compared with the tech2000s, however, but reasonably priced.


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