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oi
joined 17 Oct 2002
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Posted by oi, 18:40 3 December 2002

osted by Color Spectrum on 2002-10-29 12:09:01




Hello everyone.

Trying to work out the feasibility of making a lightbox. Has anyone tried this? Someone must have done. Want to try and make a really high index lux lightbox to 'brighten' up a 12x12 ft room. It seems quite difficult to find out which light bulbs/tubes the professional ones use (from the internet) - and I'd rather not 'reverse-engineer' one after having bought it/rented it for 'ethical' reasons.

Questions:

Best light source? Tubes? Bulbs? Manufacturer? etc etc

Electronic ballast?

Any advice and all advice appreciated!

Based in the UK so UK-sourceable hardware would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Color Spec'


Mark

Topic: Re: DIY lightboxes
posted by Mark on 2002-11-19 09:26:17








I have been thinking of trying to make a small device rather than pay £200 for what seems to me to consist of an ordinary flourescent light fitting with a plastic diffuser.

I came across this site:
http://www.sadbox.co.uk/daystar.htm

They seem to sell tubes of the spec used for lightboxes etc.
Jez
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Posted by Jez, 21:48 5 December 2002

Interesting - haven't tried to make one, but having purchased one and seen what it consists of, I shall be making the next one myself. I thought I read somewhere that UV is not needed to treat SAD and it's harmful to eyes + skin so I'd want to be careful with my choice of tubes. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

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Posted by Anonymous, 14:33 10 December 2002

We have some advice here

http://www.outsidein.co.uk/makelitbo.htm

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