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The cost to equally illuminate various electrical signs.
Signs Manufacturing created our
EnergyStar Signs™ program to promote the wise
use of energy for advertising.
Remember, you're
saving more than electricity.
Neon and LED
Energy-Cost Comparisons
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The cost to illuminate standard channel letters
consisting of twelve 18” letters with:
Ø
A
high-output transformer lighting standard or Brighter Signs™ neon
$435.60/year
 Signs
Manufacturing's transformers lighting standard or Brighter Signs™
neon
$217.80/year
Signs Manufacturing's energy-saving in-series transformers lighting neon
$167.01/year
LetterLites™
External First-surface LED
Channel Letter lighting $ 4.01/year
SolarBrite™
SpectraLites & LED lighting $18.62/year |
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Cabinet Sign Energy-Usage Comparisons
A lighted 4’ x 8’ sign cabinet face will consume
the following energy in an hour when lighted by the methods shown:
Ø Standard “High Output” 800ma
fluorescent
600 watts (single or double-faced cabinet)
Signs Manufacturing's
Electronic “High Output” 800ma
fluorescent
292 watts* (single or double-faced cabinet)
Signs
Manufacturing's HID sign cabinet lighting
290 watts (single or double-faced cabinet)
PinLights™ LED First-surface Sign Faces (estimating 1,000 LEDs) 100 watts (per face)
*As an added bonus electronic ballasts extend
fluorescent lamp life 30%.
Solar Powered EnergyStar Signs™
 PinLights™ Cabinet signs,
LetterLites™
External First-surface LED
Channel Letter lighting, SolarBrite™
SpectraLites & LED lighting, can be economically directly solar powered, without even using an energy-robbing inverter, saving you even more!
You are saving much more than just energy, and money.
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