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Darla, my "office manager", writes incoming orders on a dry erase board in the break room. We look it over first thing in the morning and figure out which way we need to go. Sometimes she stomps her feet to prod us in the right direction. She's in the black, the other girl is her sister.
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New installations for us have primarily been contract installs so everything is included and most have been LED. I have a supply of G, GG, standard housings, and peanut housings on hand. I've been ordering replacement transformers and not had a problem. I guess its time to hoard and salvage used components!
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Oh come on - GE and Philips are going to have $30.00 LED light bulbs you are going to be forced to buy in 2 years because incandescent is going to be outlawed.... I think it is so funny.
And dont get me started on GE and politics - what about CREE and politics - much bigger joke. Hell even the California Energy Commission's lab the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) is bordering on corrupt. This university will evaluate your products and tell the world how great they are if you give them $20,000!!!! Great state school and great tax funded program - only $20,000
I am packing up cases of incandescent bulbs and will sell them for $2.00 vs $1.00 - great mark up!!! I figure I could resell enough to smart people and get enough side cash to pay CLTC $20,000 for a mention.
Dont get me wrong - saving power is a great goal but it can be done with neon, CCFL, flourescent and....yes, LEDs. But come on - GE charges a ridiculous amount for their products! Their 60 Watt power supply is almost 2X the price of ours - now that just doesnt make sense....oh I forgot, they need the extra cash to fund political campaigns!!!
So I will leak it here - Axiom NZ and AoTuroaLED will be introducing a product that is 2X and 10X brighter and much lower cost... our goal is to make $ and cents make sense!
I used GE when LED's were first coming on the market because there were so many new startups how was I supposed to know who would be around in five years to warranty their product if LED's started dropping like flies. GE was at least well known, but they scammed everyone by making us buy their wire, their connectors, their idiotic power supplies with dip switches, and their pliers for the warranty to be in effect.
We sold a job last month with black by day, white at night faces using perforated black film over white plex, lighting them with white LED's. The customer complained about it being too dim.
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looks like 2-3 years only, just found that out
You would not know they were in business just 2-3 years based on their testimonial page:
"I have known Sam and the people at Skylift now for over a decade and have always purchased their trucks. They are great to deal with and are always there when we need them. "- Clint Charles, Sterling Signs
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In our area, a licensed electrical sign shop has to have a Business License with the State, a business license in each incorporated city, a construction contractors license, an electrical contractors license (both with the associated bond fees), licensed electricians to do the electrical work - you cannot even put vinyl on an (illuminated) face in the field unless you are a licensed electrician. A permit is required everywhere you work, and you have to pay someone to create/submit the permits, which take 2-10 hours depending on where the job is. So when Joe Blow comes along and tells some startup business he can do their signs cheaper, is it any wonder some of them succumb to the cost factor?
Our job is educating the customer on what they get when they buy a sign from us versus a sign from JoeBlow. We have some great customers who recognize the quality product we produce.
Recently our state Labor & Industries (Washington State electrical police) has been trying to crack down on illegal signs, and it's nice to see that - perhaps - someone in authority is beginning to care! We'll see....
You missed one that I wasn't aware of until OSHA reared it's ugly head on one of my jobs. We are supposed to have a first aid certified employee on every job. The OSHA inspector also said we need routine safety meetings, hardhats (only if work was going on overhead), fall restraints, belts were okay but full body harness preferred ($5,000 fine for that one), and reflective high visibility vests if working within so many feet of a street.
In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.
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For those of you doing this, do you tell the night owls to avoid the chain stores that you know are handled by a national account since the local manager is not in charge of who does the work?
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I guess this thread is still active. Here is one I've worked with recently (very happy with them):
Atlas Signs http://www.atlassignindustries.us/
COMPANY ADDRESS
Florida Corporate Head Quarters, Manufacturing/Service Facility
1077 West Blue Heron Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33404
Concord, North Carolina Manufacturing/Service Facility
707 Commerce, Dr.
Concord, North Carolina, 28025
CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS
Main Phone: 561.863.6659
Toll Free: 800.772.7932
Main Fax: 561.863.4294
COMPANY OFFICERS
CEO: Jeff Adinolfe
CEO: Jim Adinolfe
CEO: Joe Adinolfe
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Human skin is typically around 34 degrees. 44C is the threshold for causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns as contact time or temperature rises... If you have trouble touching something for more than a few seconds, it's probably around 50 degrees, and 60C would be in the range where you could touch it cause almost instant damage.
It is also a matter of how thermally conductive the object is you are touching. One day while the brain was in neutral I shot my infrared temp gun at a piece of steel that was 115ºF (46ºC) and knowing I take neon off the pump at about 125ºF (62ºC) I made a painful mistake and grabbed it. I can assure you I let go quickly!
I remember when the electrical rule of thumb was that you should be able to comfortably hold any component in your hand. Times have changed.
Phillip
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Who handles books a million now? I did some service work on one a couple years ago for broadway national. They have a face missing and broadway has lost the account.
TIA,
Phillip
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We don't have any rock here except for gravel, but what about some of those anchors you drill an oversized hole for and then fill around with epoxy? How big do they make "redhead" type fasteners? I guess it would depend on how much tensile strength there is in your rock.
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+1! Thanks for the site, Erik!
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I'm with you, I like to have a stable platform. I picked this truck up on the cheap, it's an F8000 with an Altec lift. The GVWR is 50,000 yet it only weighs 29,000. It has a new 3208 CAT, automatic, and air brakes. We call it "Goliath."
I don't know what to say about your truck other than I think it's going to be an expensive fix. I looked at their site and saw your truck. It says it's sold but they have another one just like it! Good luck getting this resolved.
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Bad luck must be contagious. I had a neon repair job that required a towable battery powered lift to be manhandled and pushed through double doors with just a few inches clearance. Darn thing weighs 3750# and the nose wheel was one of those deals where I had to kick it to get it in the right direction, push a little, kick some more, etc. An outrigger hit the door glass and cracked it! $251.98 for a 26 x 73 piece of tinted safety glass!
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To explain my theft answer, I upgraded one of my 1 ton bucket trucks by buying a newer chassis and putting the old cab and chassis up for sale. While it was sitting I cancelled the insurance because I didn't see a reason to have commercial insurance with it parked. Well some low life stole it and with no insurance I took a $2500 loss.
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more importantly sometimes there is a copryright/trademark/exclusive contract in effect which proceeding as you mentioned Phillip could land you in hot water..... more likely the client/dealer would actually be liable, but if you knowingly assisted the client/dealer violate thier terms.... you've become guilty to.
just a friendly FYI.... I'm not saying the situation doesn't suck. I get it ... you want to please the customer, get the business, and the customer doesn't want to be held hostage on the terms of thier agreement... whether by extension of the manufacturer or not.
The dealer is owned by the conglomerate Asbury Automotive and I have had a positive relationship with this dealership and others owned by the same group for over ten years. I have monthly lighting contracts with these dealers to keep all their lighting maintained. That monthly check is a nice thing to have. All I do is drop by on slack days and service parking lot lights and office lighting. I don't know how many rolls of banner material I have gone through over the years with these guys. I even wash and repaint their buildings and install the idiotic inflatables.
The national sign company is also a good customer that I do work with for accounts other than this group of dealerships.
Originally the car dealer told me a partial truth, that the people who manufactured and maintained the sign went bankrupt. That was imagepoint, so that much is true. He did not tell me the account was picked up and they had a quote, else I'd have not phoned them. I'm a little ticked that the dealer acted like a... well a car salesman, lol!
If I knew what the quote was, I'd just go 1.5x or 2x to make this go away! Right now I'm screwed! Ha! I know I'll call the BBB (jk). The car dealer and I shared a table at their integrity awards a few years ago.
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I have a customer, a car dealer that had storm damage to his pylon sign owned by the car manufacturer. Unknown to me he went to the national account holder and got a quote from them to repair the damage. I guess they thought it was too much so they called me. The sign damage is some custom formed acrylic panels that my face wholesaler is not able to do. Since I've been working on these signs under the national account I called my contact to see if I could get them and they said we have them in stock, but that sign belongs to the manufacturer, we have the exclusive contract for service work so you are unauthorized to do this repair. We will contact you to do the repair when the dealership accepts our terms. So I called the dealership and after explaining all this I was told, screw the national sign company, they are too high, get it done. I think when I find someone that can actually fabricate a mold and produce these two panels, they would have been better off just accepting the quote from the national company. I hate going through wasted motions.
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Around here Atwood Fence Company Inc. Industrial Park Kosciusko, MS 39090. Phone: (662) 289-6338. Fax: (662) 289-7463. Their website is down for some reason. Also check with http://www.interstategraphicsinc.com/services.html
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Action used to call us to do service work on them.
http://www.callaction.com/