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How generous, the unique patented Sign Money EZlit Letters and EZlit Logo's come with a 1 year warranty. Replacement parts can be new or "refurbished". Also, any labor to replace during this 1 year period is not part of the warranty. I have to chuckle that he's in the electric sign industry yet Neon needs to be installed by other "experts". Also if his Faux Neon letter "E" was Neon he would get zapped at 15,000 volts for just merely touching the glass... "so you don't want to do that". But yet in a video is it was said he's actually an "electrician"....I guess in his videos he's just playing to the end-user, consumer audience that can install themselves If you spend a little more with them he might throw in his "Sign Monkey Archimedes Hydropower Screw Generator" to go with your plug-n-play channel letter set that "anyone" can install, maybe even a monkey. In all seriousness though....the Owner of Sign Monkey is also the owner of Paris Signs in West Virginia, a company that seems to know what their building judging from their gallery pages. So I don't know why the whole "Sign Monkey" thing The address of both companies are the same. He seems to be using Osram LED's, which is listed on the Monkey. He explains that his Neon LED is more efficient than Neon....uh...Wut?!?! The watts per foot is about the same if not less for Neon 3.7 watts per foot LED vs 3 watts per foot Neon. We don't even have to go into Lumens because the whites, greens, blues etc for Neon is 3x to 10x that of LED for "faux Neon" He's also a member here, with no participation since 2009 and recently rejoining last year. As a member, shame on him for throwing Neon under the bus, he should be better educated and informed than that by just reading here with all the data we pump out on cost of operation for light sources,, but then again, he's not active here so.... ******* Our NON CHINA.... NC Reckless LED's comes with a 5 year warranty (50,000 hour) and will cover up to $500 for labor costs per incident. To this date we have not had ANY come back to us. But then again, we aren't toting our LED systems directly to the consumer. But any consumer should rest assured if their Signs are lit by our Reckless LED's! Okay, shameless "plug" with no pun intended......*kek*...plug

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I think we'll be going to our SGIA Show this year. Thought maybe we'll go to check out. It's mostly a printy show but, think we'll be going to prospect it out.

So, as of today all alum & steel from countries like China will now have a tariff of 15% & 25%. As we know, our industry buys a LOT from China, especially a lot of cheap products. I haven't looked into it but I know there are quite a few alum companies who's coils and pre-finished aluminum sheets will now cost a lot higher. I wonder if those finished alum projects will have a tariff too, such as alum letters and alum sign structures? Maybe hard in the beginning, costs will go up, but hopefully American growth will happen again and those costs with lower regulation can get those costs down and start competing on the world market again. After all shouldn't a tax be equal between two countries? If China taxes our exports to them 25%, should we not equally tax theirs? Thoughts?

Had a customer send this to us by email, maybe they'll chime in a tell us more but... It's simple, they're replacing cheap plastic LED power supplies made in CHINA with better quality, better thermal cooling LED Power Supplies...OUR Union Korean Made LED Power Supplies. Our 60 watt (displayed above) is IP68, Recognized by UL as Class II (SAM) and for Wet Location. These are versatile, you can use in a box or sign structure, or use externally. Most importantly you can breath easy when your UL Inspector surprises you with a visit and sees these units, including our 120watt version which is one of the few approved and listed in the SAM The cheap plastic Chinese LED Power Supplies by Principal LED & others are great for areas that have good cooling like external fans or for your kids school science projects but not in closed areas where ventilation is not great. The "cheapies" are attractive for the price at $12 or less, but not great for consumers who have to pay the service bill of a crane and labor to replace because as professionals we know these only last for short periods of time. "Buy the best and only cry once"

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When I can, we usually go the ISA shows, but not this year. SGIA, we have never been but I guess that's mostly a printer show? Well.....so is the ISA, lol. Because it's close by and one of my sons wants to get involved I'll be attending a NBM show in Long Beach later this year Welcome the board Lisa

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That's awesome and congrats. I still remember feeling a lil nervous and scared right before pulling the trigger and getting a CNC, but boy, the money it made me, and quickly. That's what equipment does.

I need help sometimes too Brian. But not sure you would like it here. Sometimes the climate can be unbearable along with work conditions here too. Sometimes you have to get up SUPER early at the crack of dawn The view isn't always great, but it's work and I can't complain too much, but it is what it is. So I pretty much just deal with it. Work conditions can suck, and sometimes it's a pain to even get out of bed and begin your day. It can be too windy, too sunny, to distracting At times you even have to work until the sun goes down, this might mean your family is eating dinner at home without you Just remember, when you think YOU have to bad, some others have it even worse. At least you can make snow angles and snowmen, have a white Christmas.....we can only make snow angels in sand. But I DO feel for you, as I feel the same pain. I hope there is some comfort in knowing "The grass is NOT always greener on the other side." Cheers!

Supporters for a downtown arch are pressing forward wanting to welcome visitors. But at what cost? https://kdminer.com/news/2018/jan/05/supporters-downtown-arch-visitors-cost/ KINGMAN – Barb Charon loves the idea of a gateway arch entering historic downtown Kingman where she owns The Farmhouse vintage décor shop, similar to the arches she sees in Williams and Flagstaff. If she had a choice, Charon would build the arch where Beale Street and Route 66 split at Locomotive Park. There’s a dilapidated old “K” made of tires and railroad ties welcoming people to town now. “Every small town has a gateway,” Charon said. “I’d like to see more done with Locomotive Park and put the arch somewhere down there, like on Beale Street or Route 66, mainly because of visibility.” City Council is considering five options for the arch location, each with a different price tag and pros and cons. The cheapest option would be to put it across Andy Devine Avenue at Locomotive Park at a cost of $170,000, not including design work, City Engineer Greg Henry said at Tuesday’s City Council work session. It would span three lanes on historic Route 66, but there’s a curve in the road that would impede visibility. The most expensive option is on Beale Street coming off Interstate 40 around the Dollar General store. That’s $255,000 because it goes over five lanes and runs into utility conflicts, Henry said. It’s also under jurisdiction of Arizona Department of Transportation. The City is currently under contract with YESCO, sign company, to build the arch on Beale Street, between Locomotive Park and Lee Williams High School, budgeted at $135,000 for design and construction. However, the cost escalated to $175,000 for that option, Henry said. “The concept is to welcome and direct people to downtown,” he said. The arch was first mentioned in a wayfinding study in 2003, which identified a number of significant elements that directly contribute to the number of people visiting an area, their experience and what makes them want to return. Among the four categories were gateways and entries – signs that introduce visitors to the city and set the theme with which they can identify throughout their visit. The 2003 study estimated the cost of a historic downtown gateway arch at $60,000. “When people put investment and money into these arches, it makes people want to be there,” Farmhouse owner Charon said. The City received a donation of $34,734 for the arch from the ABC group formed in 2015 by the Chamber of Commerce during Kingman’s competition for America’s Best Community. Doug Adams, former plant manager for Nucor Steel in Kingman and a member of the ABC Group, was instrumental in reaching out to businesses for assistance in designing and manufacturing the arch. The donation agreement stipulates a deadline of June 30, 2019, to complete the arch, at which time the money would be returned to the Chamber of Commerce. The City hired YESCO in January 2017 to design the arch for $21,244, and budgeted $110,000 for construction. Additional options for the arch location are Andy Devine Avenue at the Powerhouse Visitor Center ($185,000), and Andy Devine Avenue at Third Street ($240,000). “We don’t have the budget for any of these options,” Councilwoman Vickie Kress said at Tuesday’s meeting. Cost was also the main concern of Councilman Travis Lingenfelter. Kress, Vice Mayor Jen Miles and Councilman David Wayt all indicated a preference for Option 2, or the Beale Street location at Locomotive Park, which is close enough to Route 66. Tourism Director Josh Noble said his only concern about location is the future Interstate 11 and how it will affect traffic patterns. “It’s way down the line and it may not be a factor,” he said. Council briefly discussed design aspects of the arch such as the Route 66 logo, which is included on one of YESCO’s concept designs. There was also talk about the railroad, mining and other historical elements. “I’d like to see a tie in with the railroad, maybe a wagon wheel, to show where we’ve been and where we’re going,” Charon said. Cere Tabbert, who was deeply involved with the ABC group and lives downtown, said her group studied several different plans and proposals for the arch, including those from the 2003 wayfinding study. Tabbert said the sign that is being proposed is not what the ABC group had sought, and that it was supposed to cost $65,000. There are two sign companies in the area that are interested in designing the arch, and Tabbert felt the project should be put out to bid again. Not only is the new arch not what ABC envisioned, it’s not being supported with in-kind donations of material and labor, Noble said. “Greg (Henry) and his engineering team have worked hard to make something the community wants. It always helps to give people something to see and do in Kingman,” he said.

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I want to wish our whole unique group of interesting individuals a VERY Merry Christmas! This was a good year, but next will be even better. Cheers to you all!!!

On the s14 Bulb most dimmers work, especially sliders. On the electronic stuff it varies. What i've found is for animators some electronics that dim these the bulbs will pulse dim, meaning no gradual dim. But if it's just adjustment them most will work. BTW, I 've replaced about nearly 60 bulbs in my house with USHIO Floods (Par & BR, 4' Flour replacements) Lamps and I have to dim them. My house electric bill has been cut so severely. Living in California when you reach certain tiers the kwh charge goes from double to triple. The Lamps have kept me in the single tier. I haven't advertised the BR, PAR, or Flour Lamps here but maybe I should. It's good quality, High powered High Tier Rendering. Their not for all use but for down lighting which I have a lot of, their awesome and our kitchen has never looked brighter for cost of operation

Things are going fast, it's also better to call in your order because I can't keep up stock qty the online shopping cart states with what we actually have. Some products on the store show more or less of what we have. It will be more accurate after the Christmas.

Well that's good to know because I'd rather bypass mine too. I'll be in touch soon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

SignComp is usually pretty quick, you may have a sign supply rep issue.

It has to be called a claim because there is no way to verify something that hasn't even existed long enough to know. So here it is... Sloan is putting out their Prism Enlighten LED Module with a 9 year Warranty. Already they've received a few "Wows!" I mean, why wouldn't that statement, receive such a reaction from the public or end-users? It's like a statement that came straight out of 2005 from a manufacturer that said 100,000 hours guaranteed followed by all the "Oooooo and Awwww's" of a public who had no idea what they were in store for. The Sloan Specifiers and Marketeers who are said to be independent are already batting this out there Now, that's fine and dandy, and their probably correct. I've never heard of a 9 year claim until now. Doing a quick skim of the product page I see they only offer a 5 year warranty for labor, so....after 9 years what will a user get for replacement and what about the match of rendering and light output and how will that affect the sign itself? Will all parties be happy, especially the consumer? When a Marketeer for Sloan was asked on Social Media by us as well as an energy efficiency consultant, the questions went unanswered only more push of "Look at the amazing Light and Product" and oh, please attend one of their amazing power point presentations for answers to your questions. HUH?!?!? So the answers will only come to light behind a closed door controlled environment by the manufacturer, no answer out in public like the executed marketing statement . The questions were simple, and something all who sell products would be asked for. We asked, "does that include labor too? (Before out skim read). In almost 79,000 hours of operation what % of the original light output does the warranty cover? For example, will the cover anything that drops below 70%, 60%, etc etc. A lighting consultant asked, "Also, what time is covered by the warranty? 24 by 7, 12hrs/day, , 3 hrs/day, or?" A just question, for example is the 9 year claim specify a limited time of operation within a day....or is it 24/7 and almost 80,000 Hours? Now, I'm of the opinion this is all hype as the labor cut off is still a typical 5 year warranty, anything above that Sloan is taking a calculated gamble that the Sign Company who did the won't remember or push for the warranty after 7 or 8 tears, the consumer who signed the contract is still around and remembers they have a 9 year warranty, the business/consumer is still around and in business, and that the sign might even get revamped by them with something newer. That's my opinion. But that marketing claim (something executed but never fully explained) sounds good. It's...."Very Good Bullshit" Now don't get me wrong, their modules are Nichia (nice), their Contant Current (Nice), but their only .72 watts per module and you're going to need a lot of them just to compete with most light output of good quality Korean LED Manufacturers, or Neon, or HO Long Life Fluorescent lamps that companies like Voltarc Produce (50,000 hrs). You must also use their power supplies for this warranty, which makes no sense because their LED's are Constant Current. But, anything to stretch to purpose to buy more I guess. Bottom line, It's mediocre light output and low power for less heat, but it has a very good Marketing claim behind it that's not fully explained as to whether it's warrantied for almost 80,000 hours of operation at what cost of light output, or whether as the Lighting Consultant runs to all the time, is the 9 year only for say 3 hours or 8 hours a day which would put it as 9,855 to 26,280 hours of operation??? Because that is a HUGE difference maker. In our own testing of Project Tightey Whitey, good low power LED's usually last 70% at 18,000 hours and some even 24,000 hours. Those who aren't from this industry, or hip to what goes on which seems to be a big preaching point will read, go to their presentation and say "WOW!" Oh, the adoring public. The Trade magazines who get this big check for advertising will no doubt be orgasm'ing all over this product in future obligation piece write-ups are in the works if that has not already begun, because I don't read these brochure magazines much anymore, so I don't know if it's already been done The biggest part that disturbs me are these outside/independent "Specifiers and Marketeers" who are supposed to be independent and who push the end clients towards a particular manufacturer. Are they Independent? We saw this in the Genesee Beer Project (who was merketed to by an outside agency) that was complete Hogwash from the beginning and mass failure happened with that project before it even began http://www.thesignsyndicate.com/forums/index.php?/forums/topic/5364-signs-of-the-times-february-2012-issue/

The Silicone Electrode caps are going extremely fast, just a heads up

Sometimes it seems like we've been around much longer but I guess not. And you're one of the OG's!

Well deserved and Congrats!

We've never had a Sign Syndicate Birthday Sale because it's always been so close to Christmas, so here we are.....finally! This month marks our 13th year in existence, hard to believe we've been around this long, because that time has flown. It's end of the year and if you need to stock up and and spend before next year, here we are. It's a BIG sale. We'll slowly add a few more products in the upcoming days, and this BIG sale ends December 31st. Let us know if you have any questions. For Orders or Inquiries Call us at 858-880-1400 or email us orders@thesignsyndicate.com

That's awesome Dave, thanks for sharing!