What is troughlighting?

How a trough light can help you illuminate more effectively

Trough lighting is one of the most popular methods of illuminating exterior signage. Trough lighting overcomes the problem of light spotting and uneven illumination which is an inherent problem with traditional spot or flood lights.trough lights

A troughlight is you cost effective solution to even, bright illumination of even the longest fascia sign. The essence of a troughlight system is the specially designed aluminium extrusion which encases all the electrical control gear and tubes. This is then hung on specially designed brackets which integrate with the extrusion to deliver a non obtrusive. lightweight lighting system.

Troughlighting can be made as a single unit up to 6m (20ft) in length. Larger sizes can be easily achieved using the specially designed connectors- with this option you can have a trough light of virtually any length.

Who uses troughlighting?

Troughlighting is used across the UK for many different kinds of exterior illumination. Although trough lighting was originally developed for the sign industry it is used for general purpose exterior lighting as well as sign specific applications

You will have seen trough lighting systems on your high street or local out of town shopping centre. Whenever people need to illuminate a large exterior sign they tend to use a trough light system.

Typical applications for trough lighting include

How troughlighting saves you money.

Our troughlighting is designed to take a limited light source and amplify this to provide even illumination over large surface areas.

The lighting element of our troughlighting are new generation T8 fluorescent tubes. Coupled with internal, highly polished reflectors these tubes are capable of delivering a great lighting effect.

The fluorescent tubes within our troughlights are low maintenance and energy efficient.

The running costs and maintenance on a troughlighting system are a fraction of the costs involved in running and maintaining an internally illuminated light box style sign.

A non obtrusive lighting system

If you have spent time and money ensuring that your signage looks great the lasttroughlighting thing you want is a chunky, ugly looking light obstructing them. Our troughlighting is specifically designed for sign work;

Our troughlight works up and down.

With cleverly designed seals our troughlight can be mounted to either shine down or up. Not all troughlighting will do this. With our system you have the flexibility to install your lights to shine up or down without the need for any modification or additional equipment.

Whatever your requirements our troughlighting is the affordable quality solution.

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