The staff at Advanced College in Stockton was concerned about the safety of their nursing students at night. They wanted to ensure that they could find the campus if returning after dark. After speaking to us, we recommended an LED channel letter set mounted on the top of their main building. Channel letters can be seen for miles, we assured them. Their students would have a bright beacon to return home safely. Further, we added, channel letters are a great way of advertising a college.
Advanced College opened its doors to students in South Gate in 1999. Since then, it has acquired an enviable reputation for providing the best academic programs in nursing care and allied health. The college at Stockton is their second campus and promises to offer the same unrivalled academic standards to students.
Channel letter sets use a lot of components. For the Advanced College job, we used 5” deep black aluminum returns with white acrylic faces for the logo box. The faces were bordered by ¾” black trim caps. To give extra UV protection, a 3M white vinyl overlaminate (color: 8518) was applied to the faces. White LEDs were set into the returns to provide the illumination.
Our own certified sign technicians installed the channel letters flush to the fascia from a mobile crane. We wired the LEDs to a remote power supply and ensured that the returns were sealed from water ingress.
Advanced College now has a great new channel letter sign which announces their presence from miles around. The staff also needn’t worry about their students finding the campus at night, particularly about those unfamiliar with the area. The channel letters sign is impervious to the elements and is easy to maintain. With their deep returns, channel letters appear more prominent to observers, even when unlit. And illuminating channel letters with LEDs is extremely energy efficient. LEDs have a long life and even if one fails the others stay lit, which is not the case with neon bulbs.
For this job, we used white vinyl faces and white LEDs, but there are many different color combinations available. If you would like to discuss your channel letter requirements, please call us at 209.229.2220. You’ll be amazed at the options we can offer. We also have an online form where you enter a description of what you’re looking for. One of our sales reps will get back to you within 24 hours.