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![]() Get the Point?
By Alan Dorman
What century is your sign shop living in? Sure you may use the latest technology in paints and vinyl to make your next masterpiece but how much thought have you given to flashing the neon lamps or incandescent bulbs that may light up the sign?
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20 amps per point flashing equipment does not come cheap. And to further complicate matters the inrush current of the bulbs can be up to 8 times the rated on current so this surge must be designed into the current handling capabilities of the flasher. The higher the current per point the more money must be spent on the flashing equipment and supporting interconnects. Three points of animation and your sign will look like every other sign out there. But lets look at a design “outside the box” of standard off-the-shelf solutions.
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For one thing the flasher will probably have a computer chip in it. Computer chips can be programmed. The sign can be “programmed” with a pattern. Instead of an “omni-directional” 3 point flash, flash, flash the computer chip can be programmed to spell on, then scintillate off, then stack the bulbs, then repeat. Or any other pattern you and your, now excited by the possibilities, customer can come up with.
Will it cost a little more? Yes. This is the 21st century, the technology is out there, find it and use it and your company will be known as the sign shop that makes the really unique signs. So how many points of animation will your next sign project have?
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