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FLATLITE is manufactured using a roll to roll manufacturing process

It is not screen printed like traditional EL.
There is no electrical busbar running _through the lamp. 
Electrical connectors can be anywhere on _the lamp. 
Edge to edge illumination.  
Lamp hundreds of meters long. 
Very large panels. 
Cut into any shape with something as _basic as scissors. 
No extra tooling costs.
FLATLITE lamp is a UL Recognized _component under the UL48 standard for _Signage.

Advanced Power Supplies

Compensating Power supplies automatically adjust voltage to extend the life of the lamp.  In-depth research into the electrical characteristics of phosphors enables design of circuits that are the most efficient EL drivers. All AC input Power Supplies are UL listed to the UL48 standard for Signage.
   
Lighting technology comparison table
 

 

1" Flatlite

Neon

Fiberoptics

LED Strip

Florescent

Operating cost per year / 300 '

$88.70

$1,576.80

$689.85

$494.75

$1,642.50

Operating Cost per day / 300'

$0.24

$4.32

$1.89

$1.35

$4.50

Power per foot (watts)

0.54

9.6

4.2

3

10

Max continuous length (feet)

480

10

60

100

16

Max length for a single ballast(feet)

1040

50

60

100

16

Field cut to length

Yes

no

yes

yes

no

Maintenance

None

high

moderate

low

moderate

Damage resistant

High

low

low

low

high

Max distance strip to ballast (feet)

300

25

0

12

6

Dimmable

yes

no

yes

yes

no

Flexibility

Extreme

none

moderate

none

none

Operating voltage

200-280VAC

3k-25k VAC

NA

24 DC

110 VAC

Weather resistant

Good

Fair

Excellent

Good

Fair

Cost per linear foot

$13.00

$16.00

$25.00

?

$6.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best in Class

 

 

 

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