I’m installing my first Miller sign, a billboard one and am stumped on how to mount the control module. The battery case has small holes in the corners so that’s not a problem but the control board has nothing.
Any help / suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
Bob,
I haven’t “installed” mine. They just sit on the floor/ground inside the building. I think if I wanted to secure it somewhere I would probably use double backed foam tape. I don’t think pressing the board into the foam tape will hurt it if done carefully.
Good luck!
Yes double sided foam tape works great for these.
When I was installing my first Miller sign I was not sure of the procedure, battery, hard wiring one sign or using their six sign PC board, and called Miller directly. They provided all the information I needed over the phone in a very friendly way and took all the time I neded to get it right. Calling them is the best advice I can give you. When hooked up correctly they look & work great. Get your info from the folks who made the sign and you’re sure to get it right.
LIRRMAN
I taped mine to the inside of the building so I could change the batteries easily. I have two of them now.
Richard
Thanks All for your replies.
The sign is a free standing one making it impractable to hide the “works” in a structure or to disguise it with scenery.
The suggestion of double sided tape was a good one. I didn’t have any on hand but did have velcro.
I drilled a 1" hole in the table top and fed the connector to the sign from the bottom up attaching the battery box and control board to a leg of the layout with the velcro. The hole was hidden by a cement base made from scrap foam for the sign.
Thanks again.
Bob
That sounds good.
Now LET’S SEE IT???
The Shamrock Hotel has one of these signs:
This is HO scale. I put the connector into the roof and ran the ribbon cable down the back of the building, through a hole in the base and through 2 inches of foam. I just let it hang there below the layout. The ribbon cable is long enough, and the circuit board weighs next to nothing.
I replaced the battery pack with a connection to a 12-volt bus with a resistor chosen to provide the desired 4.5 volts. I don’t have to change batteries, and the sign comes on with the rest of the layout when I flip the switch on the outlet strip.
The Miller “make-your-own” kit is on my someday list.
I want a custom pictorial sign for my pleasure pier nightclub. I recently put a try-out mockup test roof and a Photoshop printout of my dream sign design on the unfinished model.
Maybe i ought to try one of the stock Miller signs first…
ON my Shamrock Hotel, the battery box and module sit on an upper floor. The roof removes easily to turn it on and off. I will eventually get a Miller power supply and run it and other signs off that.
I have also done a Reddy Killowatt sign for Boothaby Railway Village. It is a bullboard, and I scatch built a “concrete” base for it. The sign has not been installed yet, as we are still working on scenery in the area. This is a post construction photo of the sign and power plant
Motley, thanks for asking to see the sign.
Mr. B… I ran out of velcro after securing the battery box and left the on-off module hanging as you did and actually like that better than attaching it.
Cement base
Sign in daylight.
Sign at night
The instructions said to use CA to attache the sign supports but my short stubby fingers broke them loose so I used a white gel like glue.
Bob
Showme is looking for an illuminated sign - who can get there first?? [:)]
I would if I could but the rules don’t allow me and I’m a law abiding citizen
Bob