There is an opportunity for me to buy some equipment from an bankrupt sign company and one of the items listed is a Series 2000 Supervision Light Amplifier. Can anyone tell me what this is?
It's value is listed as $1,200.
If I get this equipment I will have a lot of neat stuff, most of which I have no idea how to use. But it will be fun finding out.
[ April 22, 2002, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: Raymond Chapman ]
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Raymond, I think Supervision has a website where you can confirm what I am about to say.
Supervision sells optic fibre bundles for use as a neon substitute. The bundles are lighted from the ends with a high intensity light source. The light only travels so far before it leaks out of the bundle and the bundle goes dim. So you can put light sources on both ends.
So my guess is, they have different sizes of light sources and one of them is called a light amplifier.
It's a nice looking product. Unfortunately it doesn't save much money over neon, so most people opt for the familiar rather than taking a chance on something new. Vic G
-------------------- Victor Georgiou Danville, CA , USA Posts: 1746 | From: Danville, CA , USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Victor is on the right track. They are called illuminators, not amplifiers. This is a SV2000 scanned from my Supervision catalog.
There is a SV2000D and 2000W. D is for inside use and W is for outside use. There is sideglow optic cable and endglow optic cable. These units are for lighting sideglow cable. (seen in photo) Unless this illuminator comes with a ton of sideglow cable, it's nowhere near $1200. Granted these units are top of the line, but you can get a relatively good illuminator for indoor use (with a color wheel and cable) at Home Depot for about $75-$100. As far as Neon vs. Fiber optic, you can do ton of things with it you can't do with neon. Like underwater for instance. There is no heat or electricity in the cable and it doesn't break, so you can put in places where it might come into contact with people. In my case, a pool cue, because I do a lot of nightclub interiors. It even changes colors. We have lined stairways with it and ran it under the bar to light up the front facing. It's some really neat stuff. It's not really supposed to compete with neon. You use it where you can't use neon. There is even a 12v version for use in autos and motorcycles. I'm working on a project right now using endglow cable that I will post some photos of when I'm done. It will take a little explaining on how it works, but it's a combination of dimensional foam and endglow cable. A logo lights up in what looks like a rock wall. The rock starts twinkling and then a logo appears in the rock. One minute it's there....the next it's gone. Stay tuned, I'll have pictures and a detailed explanation of how to do it soon.
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