Coverting 220/230 to 110?

the rivits wont give access, they are mounting the inside hardware

 

Take out the electric shit and put a candle in there

 

Yup for the candle.

Aprilias burn very well....

 

A German Candle?

 

Ill look at it again but i dont think so.

 

no, those run on 230.
a non-binary, American soy candle made by a person using beard products in Brooklyn, Must be rainbow colored and offendable. and is 110

 

“220, 221, whatever it takes”

 

Finally figured out how to get this sign apart....

Just gonna replace everything with a 110 setup. 4' fluroescent or stickly tape LED's i guess.

 

LOL at the tool that was eventually used......when all else fails, bring out the big guns!

 

That escalated quickly

 

Lol. A little pneumatic cutoff wheel was way too slow.....my electric ryobi 4" grinder/cutoff wheel was missing a center ring so the disc wasn't centered....so yeah, here came the stihl saw.
That sign is all aluminum.

With the back off of it, i still can't figure out how in the hell it comes apart. Doesn't matter now.
I'll put hinges on the back panel so at least it will be easily accessible in the future.

Trying to source out the lights/ballasts is the next issue.

 

How long/wide is it?

 

Looks like a standard 20A industrial plug but larger

 

You could have just changed the 3 ballasts to ones that use a 120V line. Or even used a single ballast good for 3 or 4 bulbs.

At this point, I'd go with ballast-bypass LED tubes and just wire it for 120V.

BTW: If it had fluorescent tubes and starters in it, there WAS a way in without cutting it apart.

 

Party pooper.

 

2' x 5'

I cut thru the small bulb/fixture on the end. So that was fubr'd.

Good tip on the 'ballast-bypass' LED. I was wanting to go 'ballast free'.

Aprilia must make a 'special' tool out of Italy to be able to take this apart. It seems after the ballasts/lights were riveted on the back panel, the rest of the 'box' was pressed together and 'invisible' welds were used. I've pulled on the ends, rubber mallet, pried on the front mesh screen, nada.

Since this was a dealer sign, i'd say after it's 5 yr bulb life was up, they threw it out and just got new.

 

The back ain't so pretty, but you'll never see that i suppose. I'm sure I devalued the hell out of the sign, maybe only worth toofitty now.

 

looks great lit up! onces its hanging, no one will see the back, so who gives a shit?