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  1. BobY

    Why are Viking cues so often overlooked?

    I hated their designs in the 80's with all the pearl accents and crazy colors but they are great playing made in USA cues.
  2. BobY

    Lighting question

    Go to a local electrical distributor and tell them what you are trying to accomplish. Many have lighting guru's who can calculate what you need. There are published specs somewhere (I believe for WPBA) that have recommended light levels. Beyond the panels others have suggested you may be able to...
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    How many luman's and what color temp do you think is good for my table's light?

    I found an old post of mine showing what a 2x4 5000 Lumen LED flat panel would do. At the time they were around $100. They are half of that now. https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?467623&p=6065043#post6065043
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    How many luman's and what color temp do you think is good for my table's light?

    One Lumen over 1 square foot equals one foot candle. The only specs I have seen is WPBA listed years ago that every spot on the table had to have at least 48 foot candles. I would shoot for an average around 100 to take care of any fixture coverage issues. There is quite a lot of of lumen loss...
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    Falcon cues information?

    My son and me both have Varner ones and they remind me of my Joss. Mine has 4 ebony points with no veneers and is has reverse points and wooden diamond inlays on the butt. Always looking for a good deal on more so post pics :)
  6. BobY

    Holiday DVD Giveaway

    Bank Pool Secrets with John Brumback Thanks!
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    Converting my diamond light to led or not

    If you want additional information on this google LED Type B tube conversion. Type B are the ballast bypass which run on 120 volts bypassing the ballast. I am not sure which tombstones or specific lamps the Diamond lights have (HO are single pin- standard are bipin) but in any case Leviton (mfg...
  8. BobY

    South Bend, Indiana or Close To

    There is a nice room full of mostly 8 footers and a few coin ops and two 9 footers about 30 minutes south of there. Plymouth Billiards. They have a really cheap week day play special. https://www.facebook.com/plymouthbilliards/
  9. BobY

    Need Fluorescent/LED Light Help

    I have always wondered why they use the celled diffusers. In commercial applications they were big in the 80's when we all had those rounded CRT screens instead of the flat computer screens we have now. Their intent was to knock out the high angle light which caused reflections on the rounded...
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    9ft Diamond light t-12 or t-8 bulbs

    From what I can tell if they are 8 footers they are F96T8 HO. If they are 4 footers they are standard bipin T8. I am hoping for your sake they are the 4 footers as they are less costly and energy efficient.
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    Need Fluorescent/LED Light Help

    BobTFromIl... you are correct... Both are T8. The T8 8Ft is HO. There are replacement tubes for that but haven't seen any for 4 ft HO. I sold very few of these. Most customers retrofitted an 8 footer via a kit which turned the 8 foot tube into two 4 footers via an insert kit to keep from buying...
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    Need Fluorescent/LED Light Help

    According to Diamond's site here are the replacement bulbs: DIAMOND RECOMMENDED BULBS 9' - 59 watt - single pin - F096/741/ECO 7' - 32 watt - double pin - F32-T8/SP41/ECO Diamond does not provide bulbs Are you sure you don't have 8 footers? If not there must be different models?
  13. BobY

    Need Fluorescent/LED Light Help

    Can you get me a part number on the lamp or ballast? Most standard fluorescent are bipin (two pins). The single pin is a High Output T12 generally. I don't know of anyone who makes a LED retro lamp to work on that ballast for these but happy to try to help once you figure it out. I haven't seen...
  14. BobY

    American Billiard Radio's Dave Bond - RIP

    What a loss. I travel for work and just found his podcast and was really enjoying listening to all the episodes, Came across the podcast as a really great and down to earth guy. RIP
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    Diamond Table Light Question

    These can drop in a standard 2x4 grid ceiling. What are the Diamond Dimensions? Also there are many, many companies that make the type of retrofits you mention. One we use a lot is Keystone which can be bought at most of your supply house's.See if any of these would work...
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    Diamond Table Light Question

    If I had a Diamond I would definitely want a Diamond light to match. However for those subscribing to this thread or researching for doing a potential retrofit for what they had I wanted to share what I recently did (I apologize for the background mess - going through a remodel) . I am in...
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    Diamond Table Light Question

    I was assuming the Diamond Lights had T8 Fluorescent lamps (the skinnier ones with the electronic ballast). Talk of 40 Watt and 75 Watt bulbs lead me to believe these are the older T12? If so you could retrofit these to the T8 Fluorescent bulbs also, Huge difference in lumen output. While not...
  18. BobY

    Diamond Table Light Question

    Very nice!
  19. BobY

    Diamond Table Light Question

    Also regarding the power being used by the ballast... when you see a figure on type A LED tubes (example 15 Watts) it is assuming you are using a ballast with a normal power factor (around .87). That means it is 87% efficient. They sell low power and high power ballast depending on the...
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