Electro-Mech's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sales and shipping record is one of 755 state entries filed across 344 Pennsylvania cities, and 26 of those Philadelphia entries are LX-series LED scoreboards. The three models named in this article's title - the LX2330 basketball scoreboard, the LX1744 baseball scoreboard, and the LX2550 basketball scoreboard - all belong to that LX-series group. Electro-Mech, the family-owned manufacturer headquartered in Wrightsville, Georgia since 1963, supplied every one of those orders.

The term "Philadelphia record" refers to every order in Electro-Mech's shipping files carrying the Philadelphia city label, regardless of sport, organization type, or zip code. That definition is not trivial. One entry in the record ships to Philadelphia, Mississippi, not Pennsylvania. Another ships to Bensalem, a suburb outside the city. Both cases are explained in the sections below.

Basketball accounts for the largest share of Philadelphia entries, with the LX2330 and LX2550 covering most of those purchases and the LX1744 appearing in the two baseball entries. In my experience, a city record like this one raises two immediate questions for any buyer: which model fits a particular gym, and whether the organizations listed actually ship within the area of interest. This article answers both, with reference to the specific models, buyers, and order dates in the file.

What does Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record show for Philadelphia, and how does the city compare to Pennsylvania overall?

Our record for Philadelphia covers 41 entries filed under the city, spanning 26 named organizations and ship dates running from January 2000 through July 2025.

A comparison of 41 filed records against Pennsylvania's state-level record of 755 entries shows Philadelphia contributing a small but consistent slice of the state's total, across a buyer mix that looks quite different from most large cities. Pennsylvania ranks #8 of all 50 states by units shipped in Electro-Mech's nationwide tally of 24,786 records. The city draws from the same pool, but its buyer profile is driven more by universities, independent schools, and municipal recreation centers than by a single dominant public school district, as of September 2026.

One entry in the 41 requires a note before you read the table. The record for MS Band of Choctaw Indians carries ZIP 39350, which belongs to Philadelphia, Mississippi, not Pennsylvania. That row is filed under the city name but ships to another state. Setting that row aside leaves 40 records and 25 named organizations with Pennsylvania addresses. In practice, this kind of filing anomaly is worth flagging before you build any conclusions from the raw row count.

A useful check when reading any city-level shipping record is to sort first by organization and then look at ZIP codes. Where a ZIP does not match the city, the row ships elsewhere. The record is a log of what Electro-Mech sold and shipped, not a map of where every scoreboard stands today. A shipped display can sit in storage for months before it is put to use.

Basketball is the dominant sport. Of the 41 records filed under the city, 22 are basketball, followed by football (7), other sports (7), and baseball (5). The takeaway is that Philadelphia's gym-first buying pattern fits the density of indoor facilities in a large northeastern city. What this means for a buyer is that the most-requested models in this record are indoor basketball scoreboards, with the LX2330 and LX2550 appearing multiple times each.

The LX-series transition is visible in the date column. The 2000s hold no LX models at all; the decade runs entirely on pre-LX equipment. The 2010s show both generations side by side. Every entry from 2020 onward is an LX-series scoreboard. Contrary to the idea that a major city would be an early adopter, Philadelphia's record shows a gradual shift that mirrors the broader Pennsylvania pattern rather than leading it.

Electro-Mech's five-year limited warranty and LED assemblies rated at 100,000 hours apply to the LX-series models that fill the city's recent records. The LX2550, for example, draws just 1.5 amps at 120 VAC according to the LX2550 spec sheet, and the console that operates it is portable, stored indoors between uses. The display outlasts the console in normal service.

What are the LX2330, LX1744, and LX2550, and which Philadelphia organizations ordered each one?

Three models anchor the title: the LX2330 and LX2550 serve basketball, and the LX1744 serves baseball, appearing in two record entries covering both a university and a suburban club.

The LX2330 is an indoor LED basketball scoreboard measuring 6-1/2 feet wide by 3 feet tall and weighing 73 pounds. According to our LX2330 spec sheet, it draws 0.9 amps at 120 VAC and carries 9-inch digit heights for the home and guest scores and the period clock. The cabinet uses heavy-duty extruded aluminum framing with an all-aluminum, rust-free finish. Three Philadelphia organizations are on file with this model: Discovery Charter School (basketball, 2013), Camelot Schools (basketball, 2014), and Torresdale Boys Club (basketball, 2023). In practice, the LX2330 fits a mid-size gym where the primary need is a clean, readable score and clock without a large footprint.

The LX2550 is the larger indoor basketball scoreboard in this record. Our LX2550 spec sheet puts it at 9 feet wide by 5 feet tall and 135 pounds, with 12-inch digit heights for the home and guest scores and the period clock, and 9-inch digits for the remaining displays. The cabinet includes a built-in horn and a data output port for daisy-chaining additional displays. Two Philadelphia-area organizations appear with this model: A.W.Christy Recreation Center (basketball, 2014) and The Westwood School (basketball, 2017). The LX2550 is noticeably larger than the LX2330. What this means for a buyer is that the 12-inch digit height extends readable viewing distance, which matters in gyms with bleachers running the length of the floor.

The LX1744 is a baseball scoreboard. The record lists it under two entries: LaSalle University (baseball, July 2025) and Bensalem Ramblers (baseball, June 2013). The Bensalem Ramblers entry ships to ZIP 19020, which is Bensalem, Pennsylvania, not Philadelphia; it is filed under the city but ships elsewhere. The record identifies each entry as baseball and lists the LX1744 model number. Specifications for the LX1744 are not reproduced in this article; the product detail page on the Electro-Mech website carries the full spec sheet.

I'd note that all three models appear across a range of organization types: a university athletic department, an independent charter school, a faith-based school, a city recreation center, and a youth club. The takeaway is that Electro-Mech's LX-series serves the full breadth of buyer types in this record, not a single category of facility.

Which rows in the Philadelphia record ship outside the city, and how should you read the organization field?

Two rows in the record ship outside Philadelphia County, and one organization-field entry is a venue label rather than a named buyer in the conventional sense.

The first exception is MS Band of Choctaw Indians, which carries ZIP 39350. That ZIP belongs to Philadelphia, Mississippi, not Pennsylvania. The entry is filed under the city name but belongs to a different state entirely. I want to be clear that this is a filing matter, not a data error in the underlying order: the company name and ZIP are accurate to the order; the city-level filing grouped it with Pennsylvania records of the same city name. The record is silent on why it was bought, what facility it serves, and what it cost. None of that can be inferred from the row.

The second exception is Bensalem Ramblers, which carries ZIP 19020. That ZIP is Bensalem, Pennsylvania, a township in Bucks County. The organization is filed under Philadelphia but ships to a different municipality. In practice, this means a reader who counts all 41 rows as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania organizations would overstate the city's true buyer count by at least two entries.

A third item requires a note. The organization field holds an entry labeled World Gym Plaza Mall. From what I have seen in this kind of record, entries formatted as a place rather than an organization name are often order-line labels, a venue, a field name, or a sport notation attached to the order rather than a conventional buyer. The record does not identify it as a school or league. Name it as the record spells it and treat it accordingly.

One more reading rule applies to LaSalle University. The record holds five entries for this university, all dated July 28, 2025, but the organization field uses two different spellings: LaSalle University and Lasalle University. Both spellings appear in the record. They appear to be the same buyer. The correct form of the university's name is La Salle University, but the record must be reproduced exactly as it stands; these are the spellings on file, and no entry should be silently merged or corrected.

The takeaway is that a shipping record is not a clean list of distinct organizations. Some entries overlap. What this means for anyone reading city-level data is that ZIP codes, spelling variants, and label entries all require a check before you state organization counts with confidence.

How does Philadelphia's model mix compare to what the rest of Pennsylvania buys?

Philadelphia's orders lean toward compact indoor basketball displays, while Pennsylvania's 755-record statewide file spans a wider range of sports and cabinet sizes across 344 cities.

That contrast is worth understanding before drawing conclusions from the city's record alone. Our statewide Pennsylvania file shows that the LX1060 and LX2655 appear among the highest-volume models across the state, serving gym programs in rural school districts as well as large urban recreation departments. Philadelphia's own record does not follow that pattern. The LX2330 and LX2550 anchor the city's basketball entries, and the LX1744 fills the baseball portion. In practice, the city's model mix and the state's model mix are not the same thing, and I would caution anyone against using one to estimate the other.

The Philadelphia record does include at least one larger cabinet, and that detail matters. Our shipping records show that the LX2555, a larger basketball scoreboard, appears in the Philadelphia file alongside the smaller models highlighted in the title, confirming that the city's buyers did not settle uniformly on the most compact option available. They did not. Its presence in the record means Philadelphia's purchase history spans more than one size class, even if the LX2330 and LX2550 represent the most frequently cited models in the city's file.

From my experience working with buyers across Pennsylvania, two patterns stand out when comparing a city record to the statewide file. First, the models that dominate the state by unit count rarely match what any single city buys. What this means for a buyer: a model with wide statewide distribution may appear rarely, or not at all, in a given city's file. Second, the presence of multiple distinct models within one market is normal, not exceptional. Organizations in the same city consistently land on different models because their gym dimensions, sport calendars, and available ceiling heights differ from one another.

The takeaway is that no single city tells the full state story. Philadelphia's record reflects its own buyer mix: recreation centers, charter schools, independent schools, and youth leagues, most buying for indoor basketball. Pennsylvania's full record includes wrestling, volleyball, football, baseball, and multi-sport programs in addition to basketball, and the model distribution shifts accordingly. In practice, a buyer looking for a statewide picture of what Electro-Mech ships into Pennsylvania will find it in the broader state file, not in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania entries alone.

What questions should a buyer ask before choosing a school scoreboard manufacturer?

Before comparing specifications, buyers should verify ETL Listing under UL Standard 48, confirm domestic manufacturing, and review the warranty terms from any manufacturer under serious consideration.

Those three questions tend to separate verified products from ones that look comparable on a spec sheet but carry no independent third-party certification. Buyers comparing scoreboard manufacturers will find that certification status is one of the faster verifications to complete. Electro-Mech's LX-series scoreboards, including the LX2550, carry ETL Listing to UL Standard 48 for Electric Signs, confirmed by an independent testing laboratory against the standard governing commercial electric signs nationwide. In practice, it is a baseline requirement rather than a differentiator on its own, but a manufacturer that cannot confirm it quickly is worth noting.

Domestic manufacturing matters because it directly affects lead time reliability. The Wrightsville, Georgia facility ships within four to six weeks under normal production conditions, though orders can extend beyond twelve weeks during high-demand periods. A custom build carries no automatic time penalty. No models are stocked for immediate shipment, and that applies equally to standard and custom configurations. A supplier sourcing from overseas adds international logistics time and coordination variables that a domestic builder does not carry, and that difference tends to matter when a school needs a scoreboard in place before a season opens.

Cost comparison is usually the first question a small-district or recreation-center buyer raises. The 26-organization Philadelphia record on our shipping files includes charter schools, youth leagues, and municipal recreation programs, none of them large institutional buyers acquiring multiple units at once. That buyer profile tells me something useful: these were organizations working within real budget constraints, and each one placed an order. I would point a budget-conscious buyer toward total cost over a ten- to fifteen-year display life, because warranty coverage and parts availability affect that figure as much as the initial purchase price does.

The question of value for a small school or recreation program often comes down to what happens after the sale. Our support team handles inquiries and replacement parts for products that have been in the field for decades. Service availability does not appear on any spec sheet. The takeaway: ask any manufacturer directly about post-sale parts lead times and service response before signing a purchase order. That question, asked early, tends to reveal more about a vendor than any published specification does.

Philadelphia's record traces 26 named organizations across more than 25 years, and the pattern is consistent with what I see in every comparable Pennsylvania city: most buyers are schools, recreation centers, and youth leagues placing a single order, not facilities running multi-year procurement programs.

The product mix in that record shifted over time. The orders from the early 2000s are all pre-LX equipment. The most recent decade shows LX-series cabinets across the board, which means parts availability and manufacturer support are aligned for organizations buying into the current generation.

What the record cannot show is what a Philadelphia school or rec center needs next. The Electro-Mech support team carries that context. Starting a conversation about the LX2330, LX1744, or LX2550 before a budget is set is the most productive sequence I know.