Led channel letters provide business owners with an ideal way to showcase who they are and the work they do, whether through subtle halo illumination or bold front illuminated signage. Led channel letters offer businesses a chance to stand out and grab customers’ attention in an effective manner.
Channel letters feature return sides formed using computerized bending and shaping machines. For face lit signs, these returns weld to either their aluminum faceplate, or they weld directly onto it for back lit signs.
Front-Lit Channel Letters
Front-lit channel letter signs use light to illuminate each character of their design and create a brighter aesthetic than back-lit signs, making them suitable for color elements in logos that may be hard to read at night.
Letters can be constructed of either acrylic or polycarbonate plastic depending on your desired degree of transparency, with colors printed directly onto them with cut-out translucent vinyl or digitally printed film matching your brand colors or Pantone Matching System.
Trim caps are added along the edges of acrylic or polycarbonate faces, creating a finished look. The back of the sign may consist of flat aluminum sheeting that can be painted to match or contrast with its surroundings; alternatively it could contain LED lighting components; some landlords prefer raceway mounts which house their power supply to reduce wall penetrations.
Open-Face Channel Letters
Front-lit channel letters use LED lighting to showcase your logo or company name with an eye-catching glowing effect that captures passersby. Crafted from clear acrylic faces with stainless steel returns and edges, these custom signs come in an assortment of shades and technical solutions to fit into your business image seamlessly.
These signs are designed to stand out at night. Furthermore, they’re more eco-friendly than their predecessors – which were made of neon tubing with mercury content – making an impressionful statement while simultaneously being environmentally-friendly.
Computer-driven machines use metal backing of these signs to bend them into lettering shapes using computerized machines, creating an enclosed channel to illuminate your brand. A strip of LEDs are embedded inside each letter for a distinctive halo effect – perfect for indoor and outdoor use; commonly mounted to storefront walls and building walls as this is popular choice among companies with modern brand images.
Back-Lit Channel Letters
Back-lit channel letters offer a classic yet beautiful style of signage, ideal for companies that wish to display their name or logo in a stylish manner and differentiate themselves from competitors. This form of sign is the ideal solution when looking to stand out in their industry.
Signage that features a stainless steel face and acrylic backlit letters can create a dramatic halo effect from far away, making this signage perfect for retail stores, restaurants, and other commercial businesses.
LED modules are attached to the back of each letter and their lighting color usually matches up with vinyl covering on Face (if applicable) or compliments your brand. Your sign will then be mounted to a raceway – a custom made metal piece which holds all power supplies necessary for running LED modules – for proper operation.
SloanLED
SloanLED products are engineered to be reliable, boasting an exceptional product warranty and labor assistance program. Their LED modules can illuminate face/halo lit channel letters/routed acrylic signs with shallow to deep can depths in new and retrofit applications for even illumination, easy installation, and reduced power costs – providing even illumination, low power costs and easier installations.
SloanLED Prism24 HO (High Output) is an efficient 24V solution designed for lighting deep/wide channel letters and sign boxes, featuring prism lens technology which offers wide radiation patterns with improved optics for class-leading efficacy and superior durability over competing 12V options.
Clean the sign box thoroughly to remove all debris or dirt, then follow the instructions on pages 2 for new installations and 3 for retrofits to correctly mount SloanLED modules. For populating signs with SloanLED modules, refer to page 3’s SloanLED density guidelines and power supply capacity chart; when connecting modules to power supplies output output according to instructions included with power supplies.
