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The Surge - Volume 1, Issue 7 - October 2003

The Surge - Volume 1, Issue 7 - October 2003
The Surge is RSI Power, Inc.'s monthly email newsletter dedicated to making your job easier by providing you with timely, up to the minute information on power supply products and technology. Besides covering the latest and greatest in industry news and providing helpful hints, The Surge will keep you abreast of sales specials and product announcements from RSI Power, Inc., a leader in the distribution of power supply products. If you have an idea for a newsletter topic, please email it to TheSurge at RSI Power and we will cover it in a future issue. If you have feedback for us, good or bad, please let us know. We value our customers and their opinions greatly. (If you'd like to remove yourself from this mailing, please click on the "Unsubscribe" link at the very bottom of this page.)

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-Jim Barry
Operations Manager

Need LED Power?
If you haven’t heard of Class 2 yet, UL will certainly inform you, just about the time you’re trying to complete your newest installation.

RSI is proud to introduce our new line of power supply/LED driver products designed for LED lighting applications. These products will allow you to manufacture highly efficient, cost-effective LED signage, decorative/architectural lighting, or any other LED-based lighting system. Most importantly, our new power products will allow you to provide UL compliant solutions to your customers.

SLD Series, Class 2 power supplies:
Our UL approved, Class 2 power supplies -- available in 45W and 60W versions -- are designed to provide complete, outdoor/indoor, installation ready DC power for your LED lighting applications. This series enables you to develop UL48 compliant signage with reduced installation costs.

Key features include: Universal Input (115/230 VAC); outdoor case with conduit entry and wiring compartments for direct, outdoor installation; automatic constant-current/constant-voltage modes with adjustment pots; -20 to +70 C operating temperature range; 3 year limited warranty, UL Class 2 certified for Wet Locations.


SLD Series-Outdoor (left) & Indoor (right) Versions

SCC Series Constant-Current Drivers:
These highly efficient switched-mode current drivers provide a wealth of benefits for all your LED lighting tasks. They eliminate the need for limiting resistors and provide dependable LED light matching, while reducing labor costs and improving your LED performance.

Key features include: DC input voltage range 10VDC-58VDC; single output, 3-output and 6-output versions; constant-current values available from 35mA to 800mA per output; open-frame or enclosed options; conformal coated for outdoor installation; remote dimming input accepts PWM signal, Potentiometer, or 0-10VDC.


SCC series-3-output (left) & 6-output (right) Versions

LED power supplies comparison charts

Goodbye Neon, Hello LED!
by Joshua Juarez, Inside Sales, RSI Power, Inc.

Ahh, Las Vegas: home of RSI Power, Inc, but better known as the City of Lights! How often have you enjoyed standing on the Strip basking in it's perpetual daylight (or dreaming of doing so)? It's a cultural icon, a hefty slice of American pop-culture, a mecca for Elvis worshippers and martini-drinking partyers and eager gamblers. But it's also an electrical marvel, home to some of the most elaborate and intricate display signage in the world. Once called the "City of Neon", Las Vegas is quickly turning into the "City of LED's".

All major casinos have invested heavily in new LED technology. On a daily basis, you can witness their ferocious attempts to out-do each other with the construction of bigger and better displays built to entice even the most timid soul to venture inside their places of business. The reason for this sudden stampede to LED power? Even though this new signage is bigger and bolder and more visually stunning than ever before, make no doubt about it, the casinos are SAVING money in the process.

MGM, Mandalay Bay and many others have found the value in having LED signs. A multi-story LED sign will pay itself off in five years... FIVE YEARS! That means after five years, your wonderful customers are not carrying the burden of paying for your advertising sign costs anymore. That means happier customers AND happier vendors (ie, a happier you). The reason for the savings is simple: An LED sign uses much less power than a neon sign. Most Neon signs are now on their way to the neon museum (check out this cool little link for a bit of that "Neon Nostalgia": Neon Museum) to make room for the next generation of lighted displays.

Beyond the circumference of the Las Vegas strip, many doctor's offices, gas stations, banks, grocery stores, malls -- heck, you name it -- are now advertising with LED lights. With LED signage, a company's immediate ability to announce today's interest rate, a special on tuna, or new low gas prices can equal big sales. And sales is the name of the game. An LED sign is your open door to a potential customer.

As your friend in the LED power supply space, allow me to make one recommendation: when you do go and purchase your own LED sign, please note the power supply it requires. You will need the right power supply to realize the best savings for your LED sign, so give me a call and I will be happy to assist you in finding the best solution for your particular application.

Have a great month!

RSI's "Just for Fun"
The Boy and the Frog

A boy was crossing the road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful Princess, I will stay with you for one week." The boy took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to his pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful Princess, I'll stay with you and do *Anything* you want." Again the boy took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

Finally the frog asked, "What is it? I've told you I'm a beautiful Princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do *Anything* you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

The boy said, "Look, I'm an engineer. I don't have time for girlfriends, but a talking frog is really cool."

 

Contacting RSI Power, Inc
To contact RSI Power, Inc., you can visit us on the web at www.rsipower.com or at the address and phone number below.

RSI Power
2760 Lake Sahara Drive
Suite 106
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Toll Free: 877.804.1142
Fax: 800.286.9538


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