Cold Cathode or Fluro Tube?

Oops, meant to include a photo of it:

Seems to have four wires to the tube which would make it an ordinary fluoro with an electronic ballast. It would have two wires to the tube if it were cold cathode, I think. The circuitry inside a compact fluorescent lamp is similar to what's in your photo. The circuit board from an Osram compact fluorescent that I accidentally smashed can run a normal fluorescent lamp quite nicely, though it would not be a good idea to sell something like that because it would be difficult to ensure that it complies with the safety regulations in its modified form. You could buy something like an Osram Quicktronic ballast they seem very good but quite expensive (except on ebay where they might be the opposite on both counts).

Chris

Looks like a fairly ordinary ring-shaped fluoro. except this one is oval shaped... If you take it to a lighting place they can probably source some more like it.

Bye. Jasen

Excellent .. Now all i've gotta do is work out how to print onto white plexi, and I can make my own signs .. gotta be cheaper than buying these things off ebay :)

You can just inkjet print onto "backlit film" a white translucent film designed for light boxes.

Hmm.. never heard of the stuff, but sounds great :) I'll shop around for some :)

I've never actually bought any for my inkjet, but I know Canon used to offer it as part of their range of papers - it's certainly common at graphics bureaus, although they use it off rolls for their large format inkjets.