Sometimes three dark letters are all it takes to make an entire storefront sign look noticeably different.

YESCO Sacramento recently provided building sign repair for Shoe Palace #1016 on Arden Way in Sacramento, California, where the “ACE” portion of the illuminated PALACE lettering had stopped lighting.

Using customer-supplied drivers, YESCO serviced the affected signage to restore illumination to the storefront identification.

Project Spotlight

Industry: Retail
Sign Type: Illuminated Building Sign
Primary Service: Building Sign Lighting Repair
Project Location: Sacramento, California

When Only Part of a Sign Goes Dark

Illuminated letter signs are made up of individual components working together. That means an electrical or lighting issue may affect only a few letters while the rest of the sign continues operating normally.

At Shoe Palace, the “ACE” letters in “PALACE” were dark while the remainder of the storefront signage continued illuminating.

YESCO technicians used replacement drivers supplied by the customer to address the outage.

Servicing Signs at a Shopping Center

The repair also required coordination beyond the sign itself.

Because the Shoe Palace location is within a mall, service had to be scheduled before normal mall hours, with site management coordinating after-hours access and YESCO checking in with security before beginning work.

It’s a behind-the-scenes part of commercial sign service that customers rarely see: repairs at malls and other high-traffic properties often require careful scheduling so work can be completed without interfering with normal business operations.

Services Performed

• Building sign diagnostics
• Illuminated letter repair
• Driver replacement
• Storefront sign service
• After-hours commercial sign maintenance

Featured Service: Illuminated Building Letter Repair

When individual letters stop illuminating, replacing the entire sign usually isn’t the first step. Troubleshooting the electrical and lighting components can identify the specific source of the outage and allow technicians to target the necessary repair.

YESCO provides diagnostics and repair for channel letters, illuminated building signs, LED systems, power supplies, drivers, and other commercial signage.

Have a few letters out on your storefront sign? YESCO provides commercial sign diagnostics and repair throughout Sacramento and Northern California.