John Boyd

Take care of yourself and be careful. Keep us advised when you get power back. Our thoughts will be with you.

It was selling great, but unfortunately, the high powered mossfet we were using was discontinued. There was an alternate, but my VP Engineering wouldn't use it (QC reasons), so a complete redesign was required. From design, prototypes, field testing thru UL would have been probably 35 to 50 weeks and many, many $$$$$, so we decided to stop selling the product. The last ones (with parts I already had) were just shipped out about a month ago to our distributors. Guess we'll have to use LED's for box signs now. John Boyd Hey while your on here what happened to the ventex electronic HO ballasts? I really liked those

Ventex offers a full line of electronic neon power supplies for both indoor and outdoor and has a 12 kV indoor, in either dimming or regular. You can visit our web site at www.ventextech.com and we sell thru two distributors in Atlanta that probably have them in stock. Call me at 1-800-510-5400 if questions. John Boyd

Interesting comment about condensation in other ballasts. I have to admit that I haven't heard about that, but can see that it's possible. What is Ventex doing? First, we're not using tar like everyone else. We didn't like it. Putting 300 to 400+ degree tar on electronic components didn't seem wise, plus the thermal transfer of tar is very poor. Not great sealing in our opinion either. So we are potting our new ballast in epoxy, same as what we use on our channel letter neon power supplies (except for color). Much better thermal transfer, great sealing against the elements and no hot pitch on the goodies inside. Yes, it does cost about four times as much as tar, but we think you guys are worth it!! And yes, I've gotten some comments about hiring a Sloan as my VP Sales & Marketing. That is until they get a chance to meet him; then they find out he tells the truth and is an okay guy.

I really like the forum, but purposely limit my input as I do not want to appear to be pushing my products. I monitor it daily and if there is ever a question on neon that I can contribute to, I will jump in almost immediately, or answer questions that are asked directly of me. Unlike some of the others, I don't make signs, sell signs, or really want to. However, I do consider myself pretty much of an expert on power supplies for lighting, and want to contribute wherever I can, without appearing to push my products. Hope you understand my backseat approach. John Boyd Ventex Technology Onc.

Yep, Ventex (& me) will definitely be there. Hope to see you all there. Stop by the booth and see what's new.