Each cold cathode system manufactured and supplied by Cathode Systems of America LLC carries UL listings for both its components and its installed systems. We have engineered these systems to achieve unsurpassed levels of safety and beauty.

Mercury Vapor, Fluorescent, LED and Cold Cathode Lighting Systems   In Europe, all linear discharge lamp lighting is called Cold Cathode lighting. In America, however, a differentiation has been made between lamps with a diameter of 9mm to 15mm being referred to as Neon lamps and those with a diameter or 18mm to 25mm being referred to as Cold Cathode lamps. Generally neon and cold cathode are one and the same, as they both create light by the same principle.   Both can be bent and shaped to conform to almost any configuration, with minimal spacing between the lamps. Thus, shadow less coves or indirect lighting can be easily achieved. Although both lighting systems operate on the same principles, Cold Cathode lamps operate a much higher current (60ma to 240ma) than neon (30ma to 60ma) and provide up to five times the lumens output. Cold cathode lamps are not as fragile as neon and are generally much easier to install.       (22 mb .zip file)   Download our Microsoft Powerpoint presentation, "A Factual Comparison of Cold Cathode, Flourescent and LED Lighting Systems" This is a compressed ZIP file, so extract it to your hard drive before running. If you would like to have this presentation on compact disc or other media, please contact us. Comparisons between Cold Cathode and other lighting systems Download PDF comparison sheets below. Need Adobe Reader? Get it here.               Cold Cathode and Fluorescent Lighting Systems Cold Cathode and Mercury Vapor Lighting Systems LED vs. Cold Cathode: Beware of the 100,000 hour LED myth Industry News: White LEDs fail to match hype Report on the use of LEDs vs. Neon or Cold Cathode Lighting Systems

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