Add life and visibility to your business name or logo day or night with cost-effective fabricated aluminum halo lit channel letters; one of the most versatile signage solutions.
Standard (front lit) channel letters typically consist of an aluminum back, aluminum sides (known as returns) and an acrylic face in one or more colors.
Versatility
Channel letter signs can be found almost everywhere you look; from malls and offices to highways. These illuminated 3-D sign elements offer an effective yet cost-effective signage solution, and come in various sizes, colors and illumination options to suit any brand or business.
Standard front lit channel letters typically consist of aluminum back and sides (known as returns) with polycarbonate or acrylic faces for easy reading. They’re an efficient way to display company names or logos.
Channel letters typically feature a back made from router-cut aluminum that’s been painted the color of your choice, while their open faces feature neon gas tubes or more energy efficient LEDs for lighting components. A translucent plastic face, typically 3/16-in thick acrylic fiber or polycarbonate sheet material is then cut to fit and secured to its open face with an attaching trim cap border.
Energy Efficiency
Illuminated channel letters stand out against a nighttime skyline or shopping center backdrop, making your business easy to locate. They can be lit using either neon or LED technology.
While traditional neon signs rely on tubes filled with gas, LED channel letter lights use solid pieces of light-emitting diodes which require less maintenance and are more energy efficient than their neon counterparts.
EZM SIGN offers LED back-lit channel letter signs with options for halos and raceways to make them even more visible. Furthermore, these energy efficient signs require less of an electric transformer while using less bulbs than neon signs.
LEDs emit less heat, decreasing fire hazards and making them safer to touch. Furthermore, these signs are more durable than neon signs and last longer – perfect for retailers seeking eye-catching signs to promote brand visibility as well as providing an economical means of drawing customers in store.
Durability
Channel letters can last a long time when properly protected from the elements, but any sign facing a beach will experience rapid degradation due to salt air exposure. Colored elements, such as LED lights, may fade over time but they will still radiate light and give your sign an aesthetic appearance.
Illuminated channel letter signs draw customers’ attention to your business day or night, whether at night or daytime. Commonly used to announce storefront entrances or corporate locations, but also can form part of monument or pylon signs.
These illuminated sign options feature translucent acrylic or vinyl material combined with LED illumination. Front-lit channel letters (also known as face-illuminated), use internal LED lighting to illuminate each character frontally, while other types include back-lit or halo-illuminated letters that use aluminum returns and sides that reflect backlight onto backside of each character, creating a glowing effect similar to neon.
Maintenance
Channel letters provide your business with a polished, professional appearance that draws customers into its fold at all hours of day and night. Channel letters are one of the best ways to grab passersby’s attention and draw traffic; plus they come in various fonts, sizes and colors to reflect its identity.
Illuminated or Non-Illuminated
Where applicable and permitted by local laws, illuminated signage is often the best way to draw customers to your storefront. Channel letters that use energy-saving LED components provide more cost effective illumination than neon lighting options.
Illuminated channel letters can be installed using one of two methods: either raceway mounting or flush mounting. Raceway mounting involves installing individual channel letters onto a metal frame that conceals electrical wiring and power supplies for an architectural, clean look preferred by property management companies due to fewer holes in building walls.
