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CheckMate Receives PE Award
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odines
CheckMate ET1 earned bronze in Plant
Engineering magazines 2006 Product of the Year
(POY) competition. More than 50 products in 17 catego-
ries were honored at PEs Manufacturing Summit in April.
CheckMate placed third (bronze) in the lighting category.
While finalists in the competition were selected by
a panel of plant management experts, PEs qualified
subscribers subscribers who reported that they have
buying/specifying responsibilities at their plant chose
the gold, silver and bronze winners in each category.
David Crenshaw, R&D manager, was the lead design
engineer for CheckMate. Moreover, CheckMate utilizes
patented technology (6,710,546) developed by David.
In addition to the PE award, CheckMate was the Lighting
Components and Systems category winner in EC&M
magazines 2006 POY competition.
The CheckMate is designed for retrofit applications
and allows remote control testing of existing battery-
operated exit signs and emergency lighting wall packs.
One WHRCT handheld remote control transmitter is
required per job site to test all units equipped with the
CheckMate. The same WHRCT transmitter may also
be used to test any and all Bodine RCT remote control
testing fluorescent emergency ballasts at the site.
Bodines CheckMate takes top honors.
B
odines
ARC Keeper
®
Arctic 175
HID Backup Ballast was named the Most
Innovative Product of the Year at the 2007 Lightfair
International Trade Show and Conference in New York.

The Arctic 175 is
ideal for challenging
outdoor egress
applications, such
as parking garages.
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Most Innovative Product of the Year
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Arctic 175
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The award is the highest presented by the judges in
recognition of the Best New Product. The
Arctic 175
is also the category winner in Industrial, Vandal, Emer-
gency and Exit & Emergency Lighting.
The newest member of the ARC Keeper family is
designed for cold conditions. It operates at ambient tem-
peratures ranging from -40° C to +55° C, compared to
0° C to +55° C for standard ARC Keeper models, and is
compatible with one 100-175 W metal halide pulse-start
lamp. Like our standard models, it catches and maintains
the lamp arc for up to 2 minutes, reducing downtime and
restrike in metal halide lighting systems. The Arctic 175 is
ideal for challenging outdoor egress applications, such as
parking garages.
We will also introduce an Arctic 400 model compatible
with one 200-400 W metal halide pulse-start lamp. The
design engineers for the Arctic line are David Crenshaw,
R&D manager, and Reg Rodriquez, R&D engineer.
UL Status for the Arctic 175 and 400: Pending New Products
B94
CG
The new
B94CG fluorescent emergency ballast offers
the same dependable operation as our
B94
C
but is de-
signed with low mercury (green) compact lamps in mind.
The
B94
CG
features Bodines patented end-of-lamp-life
shutdown circuit protection technology and is suitable
for damp locations.
Fast Facts
Designed for standard and low mercury compact lamps
Provides up to 750 lumens initial emergency light output
Operates one 13-42 W (4-pin) twin, quad or triple-tube
compact
Suitable for damp locations
End-of-lamp-life compatible (ELC)
UL Listed
REDiTEST
®
LP600
STU
The REDiTEST
®

LP600
STU
fluorescent emergency bal-
last offers an exciting combination of features: self-test-
ing/self-diagnostic, low-profile, universal input, high-lumen
output and suitable for damp locations.
Fast Facts
Automatically tests emergency operation for 30
seconds every 30 days and 90 minutes annually
Monitors its condition and alerts maintenance
personnel to fault conditions
Provides up to 1325 lumens initial emergency light output
Operates one 14-54 W (2-4) standard or HO T5, 17-
55 W (2-5) standard or HO T8 or 36-55 W (4-pin)
long compact
Low profile (22.5 x 1.18 x 1.18)
Universal input (120 through 277 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz)
Suitable for damp locations
End-of-lamp-life compatible (ELC)
UL Listed
Why ELC, Not EOL?
Y
ou may have noticed that we have begun using the
descriptor ELC for many of our products. ELC
is end-of-lamp-life compatible, which means that any
Bodine fluorescent emergency ballast associated with the
ELC nomenclature is compatible with EOL circuitry in
AC ballasts. Some of you may wonder why we use the
term ELC rather than EOL. EOL generally describes a
condition, a lamp nearing the end of its life, or a circuit
that detects this end-of-lamp-life condition and then
instructs the ballast to shutdown in order to prevent the
lamp from overheating. Neither of these EOL descrip-
tions is applicable for our products.
Most compact fluorescent electronic AC ballasts now
utilize EOL circuitry. Unfortunately, EOL circuitry does
not always work as intended when the AC ballast is
paired with a fluorescent emergency ballast. The EOL
circuit may mistakenly interpret the transition from
emergency operation to normal operation as an end-of-
lamp-life condition. When this happens, the EOL circuit
instructs the AC ballast to shut down and normal lighting
is not restored until the AC ballast is reset.
To avoid AC ballast shutdown during the transition from
emergency to normal operation, Bodine has developed
a patented circuit for our emergency ballasts that delays
AC ballast operation for approximately 3 seconds to
prevent false tripping of AC ballast end-of-lamp-life shut-
down circuits. Because AC ballast operation is delayed
for a few seconds, the EOL circuit in the AC ballast can-
not see the transition and, therefore, cannot misinter-
pret the transition.
Bodines ELC circuitry prevents unnecessary AC ballast
shutdown when EOL circuitry is in use. Thus, the term
ELC appears on Bodine product labels and literature,
where applicable, to indicate that our emergency ballasts
are compatible with EOL technology.
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Product Upgrade
LP
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Bodines
LP600 low-profile fluorescent emergency
ballast is now suitable for damp locations and for sealed
& gasketed fixtures, including fixtures rated for wet
locations.
Fast Facts
Ideal for architecturally demanding applications
Low profile (21.5 x 1.18 x 1.18)
Suitable for damp locations and sealed & gasketed
fixtures
Provides up to 1325 lumens initial emergency light
output
Operates one standard or high-output T5 (14-54 W) or
T8 (17-55 W) lamp
End-of-lamp-life compatible (ELC)
UL Listed, CSA Certified
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