It really is your choice whether to save money and energy when it comes to your company's bottom line. Consider the simple Exit sign that you have over every door in your plant or office:
The Exit signs in many buildings, plants and offices use older and More Costly incandescent bulb technology. American Wholesale Lighting can make a recommendation to save your business money even before our first survey of your site.
This Table Compares incandescent to CFL and LED exit light conversions and the savings you may realize by retrofitting your exit signs.
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and Light Emitting Diode (LED) exit light conversions |
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| Incandescent 40W total |
PL-7 and ballast conversion kit 9W total |
LED conversion kit 1.1W total |
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| First cost | $2 | $17 | $30 | ||||||
| Bulb replacement | $14 | $19 | N/A | ||||||
| Energy cost for 50,000 hours (life of PL-7 ballast) |
$140 | $32 | $4 | ||||||
| Life cost over 5 yrs | $156 | $68 | $34 | ||||||
| Cost per year | $31 | $14 | $7 | ||||||
In most cases, American Wholesale Lighting will recommend a retrofit of your incandescent Exit fixtures to LED sign fixtures.
Light emitting diode (LED) sign fixtures and screw-in retrofit kits are extremely low wattage. They are available with 25-year warranties, and the manufacturers claim 30 to 100 years of expected life. Life cycle costing and calculation of the savings from never buying a replacement bulb, as well as the typical energy savings of 38 W (about $25 annually per fixture), results in the initial cost of this technology being insignificant. Exit lights are on 24 hours per day, 8,760 hours per year. We purchase fixtures for about $65, and the retrofit kits are in the $25-$30 range. LED socket adapters fit medium, intermediate, candelabra, and bayonet bases.