[DMCForum] Re: [DML] Re: Restoring a dealer sign

["Ryan Wright" <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the responses.

I got my sign. Needs some restoration but nothing I can't handle.

Do these things really weigh 400 pounds? Sure doesn't seem like it
could weigh that much to me. I can manhandle it around the garage by
myself really easy. I'm thinking it's more like 200 pounds,
personally.

-Ryan

On 11/3/06, Dave Swingle <swingle_dmc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's actually designed to be mounted from the bottom on two posts
>  with four 1/2" screws on each post. Probably similar to the 4" post
>  in your basement that holds the first floor.
>
>  I found the best thing was to screw two 4x4 posts to the wall,
>  cantilever a 2x10 out from the two 4x4s, and then set the sign on the
>  2x10 with 4 bolts (2 each end) into the bottom. I also clamped it to
>  the wall from above.
>
>  It runs on 110V but it's a very strange commercial sign ballast (I
>  had to replace one - over $100). Also - if you are moving it
>  yourself, open up the top and make sure that the assembly that hangs
>  the two bulbs in the center is secure. It tends to weaken/break with
>  travel, and if one end lets go you will end up with a sign full of
>  broken light bulbs or worse, it will bang around and tear up the
>  white plexi on the inside.
>
>  The ballast is all the way at one end so the weight balance is
>  strange when you go to lift it.
>
>  I've heard of people gutting the sign and replacing everything with
>  standard 48" bulbs and hardware, lots of work.
>
>  You can also hang the sign from above if you leave the top off or put
>  holes in it. There is no good way just to screw it to the wall
>  without some sort of shelf below.
>
>  Dave S
>


 
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