LEDs for Cabinet Lighting

Erik Sine · June 9, 2021

Most LED MFG's will just suggest layouts and tell you how many LEDs per foot without telling you how their LEDs will match up against the Standard Lighting in our industry which is Fluorescent HO Lamps. If you haven't done any lighting for cabinets or never noticed, most fall short of even meeting the luminance that Fluorescent lamps give out on a sign face.

The light that falls short is known as "Usable Light", or light that just gets you there. It's not Competitive lighting that you would need if your sign I located in a shopping center in competition with other signs looking to be noticed.

So here we have our new BrightON II....

The conventional Fluorescent HO (800ma High Output) Lamp light output is the standard in the Electric Sign Industry. When loaded, configured, and installed correct with no cross talk, these lamps and ballasts are a VERY good light source that last for years.

Our High Efficient High-End BrightON IV HO LED modules match the light output of Fluorescent HO lamps of our longtime Electric Sign Standards in lighting applications. More Light for Lesser Power

The Brighton IV LED is Constant Current, uses a High Efficient chip for illumination, mounted on a Aluminum PCB for better thermal cooling...not that we need Aluminum for a chip that is already under driven and produces less heat & resistance due to operating on a 24V System.

With the BrightON IV you'll save money in project costs over buying specialized proprietary channels/bars (Another reason for a sale) by simply purchasing some right angle aluminum channels for the top and bottom of a sign cabinet, and placing aluminum tubing in between to mount your High-End low cost BrightON IV LEDs on.

Double Face Sign Test Cabinet

4’ x 4’ x 12” D

Module to face 5”

Sign Face 3/16” Plexiglas MC White #7328

Fluorescent HO Lamp System

Lamps in single and double faces cabinet fabrication typically are spaced 12” OC (On Center)

Sign Face Luminance: 156.5 Foot Candles

Power Consumption: 126 Watts

BrightON IV

Double Face Sign Cabinet Spacing. 8” OC Module to Module, 12” OC Between Rows for Module to Sign Face in depths of 5” or 3”

5” Module to Sign Face Luminance: 156.5 Foot Candles

3.5” Module to Sign Face Luminance: 164 Foot Candles

Power Consumption: 76.8 Watts

126 Watts - 76.8 Watts = 39% Savings in Energy Consumption

Single Face Spacing Suggestions

5” Depth, 9” - 9.5” spacing between rows, 7.5” - 8.5” spacing between modules

3” Depth, 8” - 9” spacing between rows, 8” - 9” spacing between modules

BrightON IV Usable Light Spacing

If you want and need "Usable Light", here it is...some cases call for it. This lighting would be slightly brighter than Hanley's NRG4.

Double Face Sign Cabinet Spacing. 9.5” OC Module to Module, 12” OC Between Rows for Module to Sign Face in depths of 5” or 3”

Sign Face Luminance: 134.5 Foot Candles

Power Consumption: 64 Watts

126 Watts - 76.8 Watts = 49% Savings in Energy Consumption

Why use the BrightON IV LED?

• For starters it's Constant Current unlike using Principal LED's Constant Voltage Qwik Mods or others. Constant Current means each module is current regulated with translates to longer life.

• It's a 24 Volt system, which means our system has half the current running through the wiring and board which translates to half the heat & resistance of a 12 volt system. In other words....Longer Life.

• With a 24V system you're able to use more LED modules on a single 96W channel over a 60W channel.

BrightON IV Aspects