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The latest innovation
from RDS now presents our Framelit
SSL illuminated display panels with LED solid state
lighting in a satin chrome aluminium frame.
The edge lit panels
using low voltage LEDs are powered through the cables suspending
the frames*. No power leads are visible. The low power use &
extended reliability ensures illumination of your message is at the
lowest cost for extended illumination. Image brightness &
uniformity of illumination cannot be matched.
With the window display
it is now possible to change media from behind the panel &
recover the space lost with front accessed light boxes with snap
frames. Standard print, single sided sale cards can be used on
the system.
Traditional lighting of
window displays rely on low voltage downlights fixed above each
display column. To enhance the illumination of the displays some
have used a bottom row of globes which is considered hazardous
& doubles the lighting costs.
Operational
Costs
Based on the
installation shown, running the thirty six Framelit
SSL panels, six hours per day over the year the system
will use 21.6 watts (only 0.6watts per panel) x 2184 hours. At
a power rate of $0.175 per KWH then the operating cost would be
$8.26 per annum (61.5kg of green house gas emission). The LED
light strip has an operating life of between 30 - 50,000hrs or the
equivalent of about 15 high quality long life halogen
globes.
If a
conventional installation of similar size (ie 36 x A3) had a
single downlight per display column, each would operate at 50 watts
per fitting. Running costs for twelve fittings would be 600watts x
2184 hours per annum. Again a power cost of $0.175 per KWH would
result in an annual operating cost of $229.32 (1.76 tonne of green
house gas emissions). Of course if each panel used a downlight to
achieve full illumination then you would triple the operating
cost.
Efficiency of
Illumination
Framelit
SSL offers full face illumination of the sale card
image. Approximately 12% of the lighting power is lost through the
backing of the edgelit panel. Downlights by their location can only
illuminate a vertical face of the display. With their light being
produced in cone shape then only a small percentage will be usable,
a higher level of illumination being provided to the top display
row with dimishing values to the lower display panels.
*patent pending
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