Introduction to Signtex Lighting
• A specialist in Emergency Lighting for over 30 years
• All products manufactured in the USA at our facility in MD
• All Signtex Lighting products comply with the buy American provision of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED
IN THE U.S.A.
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Emergency Lighting:
The Conventional Approach
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Most emergency lighting fixtures were designed years ago, with little regard for ease of maintenance or cost of operation
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Most self‐contained batteries are not maintained as required:
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Too Expensive
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High cost of material & labor required to access batteries, remove, replace and rewire.
Too Hard to Source
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Difficult to find replacement batteries.
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Conventional Emergency Lighting: Useful Life
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Batteries are subjected to:
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HIGH TEMPS IN CEILINGS
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TEMPERATURE CHANGES
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HUMIDITY
►Typical useful life: 4 Years
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Conventional Emergency Lighting: Cost
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A typical High School or larger commercial building may contain well over 1000 batteries in 1000 locations.
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The typical contractor cost to replace one single battery can be over $200
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The Life Safety Codes
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NFPA 101: Life Safety Code ►
NFPA 70: National Electrical Code
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Monthly Partial Battery Test
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Visual Inspection
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Annual Test‐ Full 90 minute discharge
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Written Test Reports Must Be
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
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The Signtex Solution:
Central Battery System with •Moonlite LED
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The first UPS power system designed specifically for emergency lighting with LED fixtures.
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Radically reduces operating costs
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Ensures full compliance with the Life Safety Code
Central
Battery 1001000 Watts
at 24 VDC
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All Fixtures Operate From One Power Source
120/ 277 VAC
Central Battery System
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•Moonlite LED: Remote Fixtures Low Power & High Brightness
No lamp service during a typical building lifetime.
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•Moonlite LED: Dual function includes both emergency and night or security lighting ►
Fixtures operate at only 5 watts in Security Mode
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Energy Payback in under 2 Years
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No Lamp Maintenance
Interior & Exterior
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Easy to Maintain
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Standard lead‐ calcium batteries are available from any commercial supply house.
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All battery maintenance can be performed by in‐ house personnel‐ No Special Training Required!
Open One Door to Service 100 Fixtures in Minutes!
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Easy to install in any space.
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The cabinets are compact and can be installed in any space with a minimum one hour fire rating.
WEIGHT
WITH
BATTS
SEC
EPR
WATTS WATTS
PANEL SIZE
H" x W" x D"
Lbs.
100
100
16 x 16 x 6
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250
150
18 x 18 x 8
60
500
320
18 x 18 x 8
100
1000
600
24 x 30 x 8
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ENC LOSURE S IZES SHOW N FO R 120 VAC INPU T.
CON TACT FAC TORY FOR 277 VAC OPTIONS.
EPR = POWER TO DR IVE EMERGENC Y
LIGHTING FOR 90 M INUT ES
SEC = POWER AVAIL ABLE FOR CONTINUO US
SE CURI TY OR NIGH T LIGHTIN G
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Automatic Compliance with the Life Safety Codes
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Self‐Testing & Diagnostic Controls Standard.
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Optional Interface Control Available
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Automatic display of all diagnostic data on a building management system (BACnet).
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Remotely view all system functions from one or more locations.
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100 to 1000 watts of emergency power to any combination of Signtex products
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Minimum of 90 minutes.
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One 500 watt Panel Can Provide Emergency Lighting Over a 20,000 Square Ft. Coverage Area
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Introducing
The Central Emergency & Standby System
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The first central emergency & standby lighting system N EW
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combining storage batteries & generator input.
Building Utility
Generator Supply
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Emergency & Standby Lighting with CES
‰ The CES panel is fed from the Standby Load Distribution Panel.
‰ No two‐ hour rated wiring or components are required, providing significant savings on any project. ‰ Class 2 wiring for emergency lighting circuits.
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Benefits
No ten second time delay.
Redundant Emergency Lighting System.
‰ LED emergency lighting activates immediately after power failure.
‰ Emergency lighting operates as long as the generator is running & storage batteries are maintained on full charge.
‰ If generator fails, up to 100 emergency fixtures operate for 90 minutes from each CES panel.
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Benefits
‰ No mobile or temporary emergency power required during major maintenance.
‰ Generators can be downsized by the amount of the total emergency lighting load.
‰ Exterior generator installations do not require underground feeder for emergency lighting circuits.
‰ No separate room required for emergency ATS and panel (NFPA 110 Section 7.2.2.)
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Services Offered at No Charge
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Submittal Documentation & Support
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Circuit design and full layouts on specification CAD drawings ►
Load calculations and wire size selection ►
Fixture Schedule
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Detailed Riser Diagram
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Sample CBS Circuit Layout
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Sample CBS Riser
La Vega Intermediate School
Bellmead, TX
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Cost Comparison #1
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Armed Forces Reserve Center
Middletown, CT
210,000 Square Feet
4 Stories
(Excluding Exits)
CBS & Moonlite LED
Batteries Locations
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Purchase & Install Cost
$94,380
$73,865
Annual Operating Cost
Maintenance & Power
$16,849
$2,884
Unit Equipment
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Cost Comparison #2:
Simonsdale Elementary, Virginia Beach, VA
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Cost Comparison #2:
Fluorescent Unit Equipment
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Cost Comparison #2:
Moonlite LED & Central Battery
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Cost Comparison #2
Unit Equipment
Batteries to maintain
Purchase & Install Cost
Total Operating Cost Over 10 Years
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2
$15,000
$15,000
$70,000
$3,000
COST ASSUMPTIONS
Battery removal/replacement: 15 mins-40 mins (varies with Fixture)
Utility Power Cost: $.115/KW-Hr Mthly test per NFPA Code: Mthly test per code 1-2 mins/fixture
Contractor & Installation Labor Rate: $60/hr Annual Test per NFPA Code: Annual test per code 15 mins/fixture
Average Battery cost (FEB & CBS): $80 Avg battery life-all Fixtures & CBS: 4yrs: (All models)
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•Moonlite LED: Unit Equipment
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All MOONLITE LED fixtures are available with self‐
contained NICAD or NIMH batteries
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Normally On operation is available for all models
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•Moonlite LED: Optimum Efficiency
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Special optics create an elongated area of light along the path of egress. ►
1 FC along paths of egress at up to 55 ft. spacing ► Less fixtures are needed
Moonlite LED
General Lighting Fixtures
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Finned Aluminum
Heat Transfer Bracket
Test Switch
(Unit Equipment)
Moonlite LED
LED Die Cast
Heat Sink Assby
Precision
Optical Lens
Convection
Cooling Slot
Acrylic Spreader Lens
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SERIES MLD: SPACING UP TO 55’
55’
1 Fc on 3’ path of egress
9’ Mounting Height
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Moonlite LED
Formed Aluminum Housing
Precision
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Heat Transfer Bracket
LED Die Cast
Heat Sink Assby
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SERIES MLW: SPACING UP TO 45’
45’
3’ path of egress
8 1/2’ Mounting Height
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Moonlite LED
MOONLITE Series MOE
Photocell Security Lighting Control
NICAD Battery
Die Cast
Housing
LED Die Cast
Heat Sink Assby
Polycarbonate
Lens
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Series MOE Forward Projection
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Product Comparison‐ Exterior Emergency
Dual Lite
Lithonia
Sure Lites
Phillips1
Exitronix
MOE15L3
PG
AFFINITY
AEL
DISKUSS
TRITON
Lamp Type
(Qty)
LED (3)
LED (4)
Standard: Xenon (2)
FWD Model: LED (2)
Xenon (2)
LED (2)
Xenon (3)
Normally On2
Yes
Yes (PGN only)
No
No
Yes
No
Spacing3
35’
28’
20’
20’
25’
Photometric Data
Not Available
Photocell
Control
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
21’
Standard
Model shown.
FWD Model IES
data not available
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12”
PRODUCTS
SHOWN TO
SCALE
29’
Forward
Projection
4’ Path4
10’
Not Available
9’
6’
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Ultra Thin RAPIER DIE CAST
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Rugged Ultra Thin Die Cast Aluminum LED emergency exit only 5/8" thick. ►
Looks like a recessed sign when color‐
matched to mounting surface.
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Clear polycarbonate security covers are available, only 1” height above surface.
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Open face models with Custom Graphics Available.
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Crystal Edge‐Lit Exits
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Extruded Aluminum Housings and Trim.
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Only 4 Ultra‐ High Output LEDs.
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Diamond polished Acrylic lens.
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Recessed or Surface Mount.
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Custom Graphics, trim colors and finishes, letter colors and special lens sizes are all available.
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Less than 2 watts operating power.
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Crystal Edge‐Lit Exits‐ Custom
6” Disabled Graphic
10” Letters
Swing Face
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Coverlite Fully Recessed High Power EBU
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Invisible in Normal Mode. If AC Power Fails, Doors Open to Expose Lamps.
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Quartz Halogen MR‐16 Lamps.
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1 Fc emergency lighting from up to 70 ft mounting height. ►
Simple mechanism: No gears or drive motor; mechanism is a magnetic solenoid and a spring ►
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New Products 2010
Over Door Mullion Mount with Moonlite LEDs
NEW !
series MUE
Mounts directly to extruded structural mullion beams used in typical glass‐fronted entrances and other dividing walls.
N EW!
series
MAE
A dramatic new and compact wall mounted architectural design.
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New Products 2010
High Output Surface Mount LED Down Light
Designed for mounting heights up to 30 ft. or more, this LED fixture produces over 860 lumens with dual optical lenses to produce a wide, elongated beam along the path of egress. Floor Proximity Emergency Lighting
NE
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Series MFP
A compact, low profile and powerful LED recessed fixture for Mounting up to 4 ft from floor level.
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The most efficient means of emergency lighting for the 21st century.
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Radically Reduce Operating Costs
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Eliminate battery maintenance problems forever
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Ensure Full Compliance with the Life Safety Code
Central
Battery
100-1000
Watts at
24 vdc
Compared with conventional fluorescent or incandescent lighting with self‐contained batteries, Signtex products can reduce operating costs by 95%.
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