cadillacman
Well-known member
easy tech tip of the week: if you cant duck it, F it 
Sitting in the cade tonight, i decided that the half of the gameroom with the projector in it is way too bright, because of all the marquees glowing away in all thier glory.
While thinking of a way to dim them down, it dawned on me. I had a red green moment and broke out my duct tape.
It works perfect. Apply it directly to the bulb. One strip is plenty, leave the gap at the rear of the bulb so some light still comes out the back and reflects out. some light will also still show through just one layer of tape.
too dim? cut the strip down vertically so just the very fromt of the bumb is covered..
still too bright? add another strip, or half a strip int he center, etc.
easy, simple, and if you want to go back to standard just replace the bulb( or clean the tape off if you really have that much free time).
and thats my redneck tech tip of the week. works like a damn charm.
ill try to keep tabs on this post, im interested to see if this affects lamp life or not. Im guessing not, or not by much. These flourescents dont get that hot anyways.
Sitting in the cade tonight, i decided that the half of the gameroom with the projector in it is way too bright, because of all the marquees glowing away in all thier glory.
While thinking of a way to dim them down, it dawned on me. I had a red green moment and broke out my duct tape.
It works perfect. Apply it directly to the bulb. One strip is plenty, leave the gap at the rear of the bulb so some light still comes out the back and reflects out. some light will also still show through just one layer of tape.
too dim? cut the strip down vertically so just the very fromt of the bumb is covered..
still too bright? add another strip, or half a strip int he center, etc.
easy, simple, and if you want to go back to standard just replace the bulb( or clean the tape off if you really have that much free time).
and thats my redneck tech tip of the week. works like a damn charm.
ill try to keep tabs on this post, im interested to see if this affects lamp life or not. Im guessing not, or not by much. These flourescents dont get that hot anyways.

