Tag: Reliable Electric

Michigan Has Money for High Efficiency LED Conversions

Reliable Electric’s Brian Kline tells Billboard Insider that  now is the time to convert your old lights to high efficiency LED’s, especially if you live in Michigan. What’s the program Brian? This year brings an opportunity for billboard operators in Michigan. Reliable Electric Products Company and Consumer’s Energy have partnered […]

5 Ways to Improve Your Out of Home Company in 2023

It’s time for New Years resolutions and here are five New Years resolutions which will improve your out of home company in 2023. Install a digital billboard face. Billboard Insider is surprised at how many out of home companies there are which don’t have any digital faces.  Most out of […]

Happy Thanksgiving from Billboard Insider

Billboard Insider is taking tomorrow off for Thanksgiving.  We have lots to be thankful for: To Outfront Media Real Estate Rep Shelli Bergren for being Billboard Insider’s first newsletter subscriber. To Huntington Billboards Kayla Stewart for being Billboard Insider’s most recent and 3,241st  newsletter subscriber. To Anna Bager and the […]

High efficiency lighting retrofits still make sense

Last week Herring Outdoor founder Mark Herring told Billboard Insider he’s upgrading his plant to high efficiency light fixtures: In cap ex, we have continued to upgrade our light fixtures to Holophane LED fixtures.  We tried other brands but Holophane/PanelVue HID’s won in the end.  Also, upgrading our safety features […]

Brian Kline On Efficient Static Billboard Lights

Billboard Insider talked with Reliable Electric General Manager Brian Kline to get an update on high efficiency billboard lights. How did Covid impact Reliable? Thanks for asking Dave. We have been fortunate at Reliable. Early on, Covid slowed down the progress of quite a few conversion projects. As time passed, […]

Company of the Day: Porlier Outdoor

Company: Porlier Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri, Kansas Headquarters: 127 Mulberry Street, Foristell, MO  63348 Phone: 636-463-2100 Porlier outdoor operates a billboard plant in Missouri and Kansas.  The signs are clustered from St Louis west to Kansas City.  During Covid Porlier ran a series of ads thanking first responders and encouraging people to give blood […]

Brian Kline: We Can Light Any Size Wall With LED

Reliable Electric announced a fall protection rebate program and a revised safety website this week.   Insider talked with Brian Kline for an update. What’s new at Reliable Electric? Appreciate you asking Dave. 2020 has most certainly been a challenging year for us all in the industry. Business is certainly improving […]

Staying Productive While Social Distancing

How do you stay productive when you are social distancing and when sales prospects are not in the office or are not returning your phone calls?  Do the tasks which get shoved aside when the phone is ringing and the emails are piling up. Look for new locations.  That’s what […]

A Successful Lighting Retrofit

Want to earn a return of 16-44%/year on your money?  Retrofit your holophane billboard lights to high efficiency LED’s.  Insider has achieved a 37% return on capital and a 44% return on capital by retrofitting billboards to high efficiency lights. This summer Insider converted 3 two sided billboard structures to […]

Cutting Out of Home Utility Costs

Insider moderated a panel on cutting out of home utility costs at last week’s IBOUSA show.  Brian Kline of Reliable Electric and PJ Pedroni of Smartlink participated in the discussion.   Here’s a summary. What are the benefits of installing high efficiency LED’s High efficiency lights use 70-80% less power. Significantly […]