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Click HERE, or Call, to Request a FIRM, Installed, SAME-DAY PRICE QUOTE (NOT just a simple, non-binding "Estimate") Show Biz™ Lights Building Outline Border NeonTURN-KEY Sign Manufacturing, Sign Installation, and Sign Service
But the "look" of neon and LED building outline borders can be very different from each other. We will explain all the options when we design your lighting. Neon is a hand-made "light bulb", and all neon is not created equal! Unlike most sign companies, Signs Manufacturing™ manufactures neon (and Cold-Cathode lamps). We use the highest quality glass and nickel-flex electrodes with Dumet alloy inner leads, heavy-gauge solid-nickel corrosion-proof 7-strand exterior leads and ceramic collars, the best we can buy, because except for heat-cracking, most neon failures are electrode failures. Our artisans carefully charge each neon tube for optimum brilliance using the most sophisticated of neon pumping systems because the third most frequent cause of neon failure is improper pumping. Even though all neon dims in cold weather, neon manufactured by Signs Manufacturing™ will dim less because we use gases specially formulated for cold weather, which are unaffected by hot weather. The most common cause of neon failure is heat cracking. This is caused by improper installation (too much or too little neon footage for the size [secondary voltage] transformer used), or by the effects of high voltage on the shorter neon pieces. It is critically important to the long-life of both the neon and the power transformers that each transformer has the proper resistance in neon (loading) for its secondary voltage. Signs Manufacturing™ "burns in" each neon tube for twenty-four hours to stabilize the neon, then meters the neon to be connected to each transformer for both voltage and amperage draw to insure a proper load. Most competitors neither meter nor "burn in" their neon. Well-made and properly installed neon should average a twenty-year lifetime (40,000 hours of use). Neon is affected by voltage. For instance, standard neon will burn nearly 100% brighter if you double the power feeding it. The neon will last about ¼ as long, however, making this alternative quite expensive in total cost. Our challenge is to give you a brighter border which attracts more customers, without increasing your initial, energy, or maintenance costs. We automatically employ neon intensity control to give our customers the brightest neon possible without increasing energy costs. Storefront LightsThe purpose of your sign is twofold; first, to attract attention to your business, secondly, to identify it. There are other ways to attract attention, making your business even more successful. Ask your salesman for details on border-outline lighting, window lights, and façade lights.
Neon Colors
Cold-Cathode Colors (Glass 18 mm and larger)
Neon and Cold-Cathode Lamp BrightnessGlass tubes 8 mm to 18 mm thick are used to make "neon" lamps, 18 mm to 30 mm thick to make so-called "cold-cathode" lamps, thicker to make "fluorescent" lamps. Other than size and the type of electrode used, there is no difference between neon and fluorescent lamps of the same color output. The size and/or color does change the energy requirements, however, which is why they use different power sources. All things being equal, the thinner the tube, the more light it puts out! Unless there are over-riding lumen requirements, or landlord restrictions, we will adjust your neon size to give you the brightest sign possible. However, you CAN have an even brighter sign (see Brighter Signs.) Brighter Signs™ NeonNew neon is available that increases the light output of neon, without increasing the energy consumption of the sign. This new neon will make your neon border significantly brighter than all others in the area when lighted. 110% brighter. Potential customers will see your building first so it is the one that will make the strongest impression! The greatest testimonial to the effectiveness of Brighter Signs™ on our customer's bottom line is that EVERY customer who has ordered Brighter Signs™ technology has reordered it from then on! Ultra-Bright Signs™ NeonWe combine our Brighter Signs™ technology with neon intensity control and higher-power transformers to create a 150% brighter neon border. This option may use up to 16% more energy but its results can be worth it. "I almost made a huge mistake by not listening to you and visiting your showroom prior to buying my sign. I thought I knew what I wanted, after listening to so many salespeople...boy, was I wrong. My vision of the sign did not jibe with what it would really turn out to be, even after viewing so many drawings. It was obvious the moment I entered the showroom. If I had stuck to my guns my sign would have been a disaster. I would have wasted a lot of money." The Signs Manufacturing Your-Location Sales Team's Personalized ServiceNo matter what types of signs you are interested in, our sales team, consisting of 11 highly-trained individuals, is at your beck and call. Let us meet with you in your office, or at your new signs location, or home, or anywhere. You will probably have a firm quotation, not a non-binding "estimate" like most competitors provide, for what you want during our meeting; certainly no more than a day later. We can design and build your next sign while maintaining Social Distancing guidelines
Our showroom is open and sanitized so you can safely review the different options available for your new signage. Also, we have many options to help design your new look, from collaborating remotely (from your own home bridged to our design team) to designing with you in our Projection Room, which is large enough to maintain Social Distancing. Visit Our Unique Sign & Lighting Laboratory and ShowroomUnique in the entire sign industry, Signs Manufacturing™ built an 85' by 50' (over 4,000 sq ft) indoor sign lighting laboratory for testing the longevity, visibility, and effectiveness of all the lighted signs we manufacture. The Laboratory is open to the public, for FREE, adding an LED Video Display Showroom because we realized how important one would be to consumers. If you are considering purchasing an LED Video Display or Digital LED Message Center sign this exclusive opportunity will be particularly important. You must determine what type of sign, and which LED spacing is best, so that your sign will be successful, considering how you will use it. Therefore:
are always available for you to compare. We invite you to also observe all other types of signage, viewing them up close as well as from a distance, under varying light conditions (and stay out of the weather while doing so!)
Will your Sodium Vapor or Metal Halide parking lot lights affect the colors of your sign at night? How visible will your pylon sign's border neon be during the day? Should you consider PinLights™, LetterLites™, SpectraLites™, or Trembler™ signs? Brighter Signs™ neon or SolarBrite™ LED lighting for channel letter signs? Fluorescent or HID lighting for your monument sign? Do Daylight or Cool White fluorescents make your sign's colors look best? What are the differences between a flex-faced, a Lexan™, and an acrylic-faced sign cabinet? How will shadows affect my sign's readability during the day? Should the wall behind my sign be light or dark colored? Would a different type of sign look better on my brick wall? Should I consider a routed sign face with push-through letters?
Don't buy your sign from a drawing, a slick website, or photo-shopped pictures, Live Showroom Demonstrations of Products that Improve Your Signs
No one else can offer you this unique opportunity. Be sure to take advantage. Your business will be better because you do. If you don't visit it could cost you thousands in sales every year. Can you afford not to?
"I almost made a huge mistake by not listening to you and visiting your showroom prior to buying my sign. I thought I knew what I wanted, after listening to so many salespeople...boy, was I wrong. My vision of the sign did not jibe with what it would really turn out to be, even after viewing so many drawings. It was obvious the moment I entered the showroom. If I had stuck to my guns my sign would have been a disaster. I would have wasted a lot of money."
Showroom Specials
As an additional enticement to coax you into our showroom, and also smooth our manufacturing flow, we periodically have limited Specials only available "in-store;" even unannounced to our sales team. They are based on opportunities in our production scheduling. If we tell our salespeople in advance they collectively sell too many, causing other problems! Specials are always for a specific type of custom-built sign with a large variety of available options, but a very limited quantity, and first-come-first-served. Why Buy Factory-Direct from a State-Licensed Company?Why not buy from a Sign Dealer (also called a Sign Broker, Car Wrap company or a Sign Store?) Would you give a car dealer $10,000 and tell him to buy you the best car he can for the money, sight unseen (or from a drawing?) Don't you think you would get the car that made him the most? Do you think you could meet your needs asking for the cheapest car he can buy? Why would a sign dealer (Car Wrap company or sign store) be any different? Remember, they are merely buying a sign from a manufacturer to resell to you, usually to resemble a drawing, making the most money they can.
Believing "...a sign is a sign" gets you a Yugo instead of a Cadillac. Remember the Yugo? They didn't last very long, either. Also, most sign dealers, Car Wrap companies and sign stores cannot legally install or service an electric sign. Ask to see their license. Ask to see a manufacturer's license also. A few are not licensed to do electrical work, either, they also have to hire other companies to install the signs they make. Now, who provides the warranty? The manufacturer, the installer, the salesman, anyone? If the sign was installed illegally do you think they'll honor their warranty? Did they REALLY obtain your City sign permit? Is the sign even safe? As a large, both UL and ETL listed manufacturer, our name is on all our signs. Just like you, we can't afford to have a bad sign destroy our business. We have to care, particularly with our 5 Year $0 Cost Warranty and Lifetime Guarantees. If you wonder if a sign-seller can legally install and service electrical signs through-out Texas go to http://www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch, enter "Electricians" in the "Inquire by License Type" box and the name of the sign business or person in the "Inquire by Name" box. If they are not licensed they can not. So someone can sell you signs and not be licensed to install or service them. You may have to have this done. But unless the electrical signs you buy are "listed" (U.L. usually) they won't be allowed to be installed in Texas, a State of Texas Consumer Protection Safety Law designed to insure that signs are safe to use, with a few local city ordinance exceptions. It is not illegal to sell them to you, however. Buy carefully.
"I had a **** (sign company) right across the street … that store's out of business now … I found out they hired some other company to build and install our sign and they did a really #@%&&$ job, the thing has never lit right. **** Corporate won't do anything, they say the closed store was an independent franchise, and the sign builder/installer won't fix it, they say we weren't their customer. I need you to come out, tell me what it will cost to get the thing working properly and get it fixed." State Licensed Sign Installation and Sign ServiceWe are a full-service sign company. We provide sign site surveys, sign permits, sign installation and sign maintenance services for electrical and non-electrical signs for our customers as well as other sign companies. We provide this work in Dallas, Fort Worth (DFW), and ALL of North Texas and Northeast Texas. State Sign and Electrical License Numbers: TECL17503, TSCL18015, TSCL18016.
ZIP Codes 75001 thru 76958. Area Codes 214, 254, 430, 469, 682, 817, 903, 940, and 972. Serving Collin, Cook, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Titus, Van Zandt, Wood, and Wise Counties in Texas. We also have signs in 43 different states, and 6 other nations.
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