Wow, where do I start with this one... My favorite brand, model, and illumination option of exit signs from any manufacturer and of all time... This is a video that I have been meaning to put up for some time now and hopefully with the others I have started putting up, the first of many series of videos showcasing some of my exit sign collection. On display here is the Dual-Lite Excalibur Digital L.E.D. "collection". Now, when I use the term collection, I don't mean it in the sense of this is all of my Digital Excaliburs, but in the sense of that this was the primary housing/face/letter color combinations in the Digital L.E.D. lineup. There were other custom color combinations available from Dual-Lite, such as Bronze or Putty but for the simplicity of this video we will just look at the primary three.
Starting from the bottom left and ending with the top right, the model numbers (all AC only) are as such; CSRWW-LED, CSGWW-LED, CSRBB-LED, CSGBB-LED, CSRNB-LED and CSGNB-LED. Dual-Lite's nomenclature usually makes pretty good sense so it is easy to decode the part numbers and the sufix options are usually pretty straightforward as well. The first letter is for model or series (C- Cast/Excalibur), next is number of faces (W- Wallmount no canopy, S- Single face with canopy, or D- Double face with canopy), followed by letter color (R- Red, G- Green), thface color (W- White, B- Black, N- Brush Alum.) ending with housing color (W- White, B- Black). Then comes the options which would include battery packs, self diagnostics, flourescent model option, etc... These units are all equipped with the Digital design face or -LED option.
I think what really makes this sign stand out for me is the whole digital alarm clock style legend that is so different from what other life safety companies were making. Sure, you had the first generation L.E.D. exits in this era that were of the "matrix" style that spelled the word exit with individual L.E.D.s, but Dual-Lite went one step further and used specialdigital pattern and diffusers to make the usual dot matrix into a very smooth and modern design.
The -LED option was only one of many available options for the Dual-Lite Excalibur, and one of the many reasons that the Excalibur is my favorite sign overall, not just the -LED option versions. Other illumination options were the standard 15w 15T6 candelabra base incandescent lamps that were standard, the -FL twin 5 watt PL base compact flourescent versions, -LP for Lightpanel, an array of subminiature incandescent lamps, -LM electroluminescent face panel, these showcased -LED digital LED and finally the final lamp option to be integrated into the Dual-Lite Excalibur before it was retired by the new liteforms LC, the LPLED or Litepanel L.E.D., that instead of using numerous L.E.D.s to spell out exit instead it used a centrally mounted array of L.E.D.s that faced horizontally with the EXIT legend and indirectly illuminated the face, much like today's L.E.D. signs.
I do have a few of each of the other models that the Excalibur was available in, so keep watching for the other models to be posted.
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My Exit signby mcallihan100250 views
Those are so awesome! I have only seen these in red with brushed aluminum housing. All the other variants are just as great! From observation, it seems that red is brighter than green, but that may just be due to the camera.
Here's a long shot: I think I've seen an incandescent Excalibur with white stencil lettering and a green face. It looked enough like an Excalibur, but I don't know if it actually was one. It will be cool to watch the upcoming videos to see if that model actually exists!
compdude512 4 months ago