Re: Secondary Market for Tritium-loaded Exit Signs?

[muckerheide@mediaone.net]

Tad Blanchard wrote:
> 
> Our facility just replaced all of their tritium exit signs with energy
> saving lighted signs.  The vendor disposed of the old signs (at no
> cost to us) and discounted the price of the new signs.

How do you "save energy" with lighted signs vs tritium signs?  :-)

Regards, Jim Muckerheide

> At 09:59 AM 12/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello all!
> >
> >Does anyone know whether there is a secondary market (re-sale) for
> >self-luminous exit signs?  If a company no longer has a need for
> these signs,
> >it appears the vendor will dispose of them for between $75 and $150
> per sign.
> > (That cost goes down if a replacement sign is ordered from the
> vendor.)
> > However, the signs are in perfect working order, with quite a few
> working
> >years still left in them.  Is disposal the only option?  I would be
> grateful
> >to learn of any experiences any of you might have on this issue.
> >
> >Happy Holidays!
> >
> >Carol Berger
> >Integrated Environmental Management, Inc.
> >(301) 762-0502
> >BergerIEM@aol.com
> >
> >
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