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Four industry veterans discuss LED best practices.
HANNEL letters are fun,
even beautiful, and I don't
just mean to the industry.
On December 4, signage
veterans Terry McGowan, president
of Lighting Ideas (Cleveland), Adam
Brown, president of Sign Effectz
(Milwaukee), Rick Pace, fabrication
director of bluemedia (Tempe, AZ)
and I joined Signs of the Times
Editor-in-Chief Robin Donovan for
"Lighting Channel Letters: LED Tips
and Tricks" (see signsofthetimes.
com/ledwebinar). Lighting specs,
LED vendors, failures and warranties were just some of the things
discussed. But let's do the industry
proud, shall we?
LEDs, as solid-state devices, deliver
on signage. You see them in signage
in towns big and small. McGowan
explained that white LED light is
characterized by its color temperature

C

When you need to get to doctor quickly, channels with plastic halos catch
the eye, lit or unlit.
(cool to warm in Kelvin), color rendering index (color fidelity) and efficiency,
allowing one-to-one LED comparisons.
But how do you select among a grow-

This GameStop sign has uniformity, color display and punch without a lot
of extras.
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JANUARY 2018

ing list of vendors? The veterans stick
with the vendor they have known and
trusted for years. McGowan emphasized the importance of replacement
parts, as "LED design cycles are
getting to six months."
Brown said a common error he
sees with channel letters concerns
imbalance of illumination across the
face. "There is a direct relationship
between the viewing angle, stroke
width and depth of return of the
channel letter. If this is not included
early in the design process, the letters
are likely to wind up with shadows
or hot spots." Pace said that many
LED vendors provide free layout
services. "I use this all the time, take
a sign or set of letters, send it to the
manufacturer, and they call up the



Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Signs of the Times - January 2018

Signs of the Times - January 2018
Contents
From the Editor
St Update
At Large
Tech Review
Leds + Lighting
Vehicles + Vinyl
Shop Ops
Strike a Pose
Reflected Glory
Channel Your Energy
First Impression
Strictly Commercial: Brushing Up
New Products
Advertising Index
Last Look
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - From the Editor
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Tech Review
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Leds + Lighting
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Vehicles + Vinyl
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Reflected Glory
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Channel Your Energy
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - First Impression
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Signs of the Times - January 2018 - Strictly Commercial: Brushing Up
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