thomaserb

GE seems to be the only company who has come up with have decent packing for LEDs. Placing exposed circuit boards (even sealed with a conformal coating) in outdoor signs is not good design practice. It might save you money, but in the long run the LEDs will fail. I honestly don't think LEDs save much if any money over other efficient types of lighting, really the advantages are extremely long life and the small package size. I think most LED lamp fixture manufactures are "Cheating" - they put LED lighting in fixtures with well designed optics and compare to a traditional lamp with no optics and say wow look at the energy savings. Two large problems facing the LED industry are reliability - some product doesn't even last a year and consistent package design - manufacturers keep changing the package design. HO lamps circa 1960's are still available. LED lamp packages circa august 2009 may not be available in September.

No familiar with the specific router - but you should be able to find a local company who services CNC equipment. We replaced the controller on our ESAB router a few years back and used a CNC retro-fit company.

4,000 hours / 12 hours a night = 333 days or under a year of life. This is not a proper application for EL

The product is very expensive, but works well.

Tower Clock Movements by electric time, Style B28 Design in aluminum enclosures http://www.electrictime.com/clock_movement...ounting_options Control by electric time - mounted in the top of the sign. http://www.electrictime.com/controls_and_chimes/