I made a private mistake and intended to apologize privately, but have had private messages blocked, so will apologize publicly.
Mr Rees made he statement "50x or 100x" meaning 50 to 100 times. I misread that as '50k to 100k"-I was taken aback thinking a cluster could cost $50,000 to $100,000 and wanted to make sure I was reading what I thought I read.
Also, in a post, I commented on Mr Rees blunt remark re the lights. I have noticed-and chuckled-a his straight forward style-and chuckled to myself a his comment re the lights. Of course they are ugly-and the first thing anyone notices right now!
I know I will not get solutions here-but I am after a general direction. Obviously, the consensus is o keep the cluster and pretty it up. We are located in rural Iowa, any sales call would tie a salesman/engineer up for half a day at least. As a contractor, I realize the burden of quoting/designing a job to give a cost-and hate to ask someone to do so if the job is not at least likely to happen.
In all likelihood, if I am able to do what I would like, I will hire someone from here to consult before we move forward too far. I did not intend to be offensive or impose on anyone, and I apologize if I came across that way.
I often ask questions to learn about things I do not know about - the OP is an example of that. I have been guilty at times over the years of asking questions that I really do not need answers to-but the answer tells me quite a bit about the respondent.
No problem. I just like to keep things out in the open. Thanks for the clarifications. 86 the lights...
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