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[Geneva Olson]

We don't sell lighted signs so this is not quite in our wheel house. We are replacing the lights in our own sign. We are ordering the lights from one of our wholesalers and having someone install them. What I need to know is what we need to get (probably from grimco) and how many we need. My husband read somewhere that we need 5000 lumens. Can anyone enlighten me (pun intended) on what we need to purchase through grimco?

TIA

 

[unclebun]

What kind of lights are they? That's going to determine what you buy.

 

[MikePro]

most LED suppliers/manufacturers will have a calculator for the amount of LEDs you need to illuminate a letter/cabinet

 

[Geneva Olson]

We looked up how many lumens we need for the cabinet. 5000..does that sound about right for a 10ft by 2 ft cabinet overhead sign?

 

[unclebun]

You're making it harder than it needs to be. What was the original lighting for the cabinet? Two 10' fluorescent?

If so, replace it with it with two 10' Hanley NRG Streamliners. No power supply necessary. If it was 5 or 6 two footers, then the same number and size of the Streamliners. Might need a connector cable and a surge protector.

 

[JBurton]

Is it 2'x10' exactly, or 2'1", or 10'1". The side with the extra inch is the direction that the lamps run.

 

[Geneva Olson]

oh. it's 121 inches