Commercial Sign Lighting

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Commercial Sign Lighting

• As a business owner, your bread and butter are
  your customers. The manner in which they find you
  might vary from advertisements on television to
  seeing your website on the Internet. Once they
  discover that you exist, they will likely want to
  visit your office. How will they find you? Will
  they just drive right by and miss your building?
  This is why having commercial sign lighting is so
  important. If you want to draw people off the
  road and into your front door, a siren call is
  necessary. Finding the best commercial sign
  lighting will depend upon your needs, and if you
  can bring the specifications for your project to
  an expert, he can help you to make a choice from
  the myriad of options. After that, it will just
  be a matter of installing the sign gooseneck
  lights before your customers begin pouring into
  your workplace.

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• How do you want passers-by to see your business?
  Many companies opt for neon for their commercial
  sign lighting. While this is a good option for
  some, it requires a special manufacturing process
  to shape the tubes to your specifications. Due to
  their cost, many times, neon lights are used as
  an accent rather than for the entire sign. If you
  live in a very cold climate, neon lights will not
  operate as well during the winter. There are
  cheaper options that can offer similar brightness
  to neon.

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• Alternative commercial sign lighting sources to
  neon are LED lights. These are the newest wave in
  lighting. They are low voltage, hence energy
  efficient. Additionally, many LED lights are
  cheaper to craft to specialty designs because
  they are manufactured in ropes that can be easily
  shaped. If you choose red Leds, their brightness
  can even rival that of neon. They are also a
  better option for harsher climates. In fact, they
  are so useful for winter, and so cost effective
  that LED lights are also being used for home
  Christmas lighting displays.

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• If you want something more practical to light a
  sign, rather than the artistry of neon or LED,
  you could choose a bright HID outdoor flood lamp
  to highlight your business's sign. If you need
  the light to reach over something, then a
  gooseneck light is a viable option for your
  commercial sign lighting. Depending upon your
  climate and needs, you can install mercury vapor,
  high pressure sodium, metal halide, or halogen
  light bulbs into these lamps.

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• Besides bringing attention to your company,
  commercial sign lighting can also draw attention
  to the emergency exits. You are required to have
  all the exits clearly labeled with lit signs to
  guide people toward the right direction in case
  of fire or other building evacuations. Emergency
  lighting is vital for both the safety of your
  employees and the operation of your business.
  This is because fire codes will not allow you to
  remain open unless you have emergency exits
  properly lit. You do not want to lose business
  due to closure from a fire code violation. The
  fire inspector will not forgive even one
  neglected exit. Make sure that you acquire
  commercial exit lighting for all the emergency
  exits to your building.