themadhippy Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Wot? were ? how much?ok what I mean is what are those strips of lights called,often seen at fun fares and some discos.There a strip of 8 (might be more) low wattage lamps (possible clear pygmy's) each with a diamond shaped plastic cover,and are they a cheap item to hire (read no budget :) ) my brains in melt down at the thought of making the stage look like a fun faremmm candy floss must go on the rider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 For anything to do with funfairs, Big Clive is your man!! http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk164/bigclivedotcom/pix/pix4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzette Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Do you mean festoon lights? Lots of light bulbs hanging along a cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.k.roberts Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I think Remco might be a supplier worth looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Traditionaly 110 volt or 230 volt, bare, coloured incandescent lamps were used. The more modern tendancy is to use 24 volt lamps with clear plastic covers in various colours, such are normally a permanent instalation on fairground rides, or on the outside of public houses etc.Might not be easy to hire. Could you make something suitable? SES batten holders and SES 24 volt lamps are readily available from farnel and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martano Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Hey, Not totally sure what you mean? Do you mean light boxes? Some samples of light boxes to buy can be found at: http://images2.co.uk/Lighting_Equipment/Li...ghting_Screens/ Not sure if this is much help. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Some thing like this I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 or these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamharman Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 or these http://www.funlight.cz/index.php?setLANG=uk Is the manufacturer of those. Click on "entertainment lights" and scroll down to "lighting bars" about 2/3 down the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Yet again the blue room comes to the rescue,them there lighting bars are the type of thing.Now to see what I can find similar to hire, pity the fair was in town the other week.As for building something,if I had the time I'd be trying to bolt 4 led par cans onto one of those classic 80's helicopter effects as well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yet again the blue room comes to the rescue,them there lighting bars are the type of thing.Now to see what I can find similar to hire, pity the fair was in town the other week.As for building something,if I had the time I'd be trying to bolt 4 led par cans onto one of those classic 80's helicopter effects as well LED parcan helicopters? That could be quite nice. The fairground lighting caps are called cabochon and Remco are a good UK supplier. The caps tend to use 60V lamps wired in series circuits of four. Don't use 240V lamps as they have a short life in that size and tend to fail in a triac destroying manner. You can get two types. Solder and insulation displacement. The latter is easiest to wire if used with the correct cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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