What the Record Actually Counts: One Order, Two Displays

One order line for a pair of LX2160 shot clocks represents two displays on one court - never one display, never a full scoreboard.

Every figure in this article follows that rule. One order line equals one pair, and one pair means two displays - one at each end of a basketball court. Read the 267 Georgia order lines as 267 courts' worth of shot clock displays and you are reading the record correctly. Read them as 267 individual units and you have cut the count in half. That distinction does not change which organizations ordered, when they ordered, or what state they are in - it only changes how large the deployed base actually is.

The LX2160 is an accessory display. It is not a standalone scoreboard and is not sold as one. Each set connects to an existing basketball scoreboard control console through a wired handheld switch assembly that plugs into that console. The operator controls shot clock time from the same console they already use for game time and score. A school or recreation department that already runs an Electro-Mech LX basketball scoreboard can add a pair of LX2160 shot clocks without buying a second control system or replacing the one already in place.

The sport code on every one of the 565 order lines reads basketball. That code is an order-line label - how the order was categorized when it was filed, not a manufacturer statement about which sports the product covers or is certified to serve. For that question, the LX2160 spec sheet and manual are the authoritative source. Our records capture what was sold and what city the shipment went to; the product documents answer the technical and application questions.

A city name in the record is a shipping address, not necessarily the address of the end customer. Where one ZIP code holds the great majority of a city's order rows, that pattern marks a dealer shipping address - a dealer who receives displays and distributes them to schools and recreation departments across a wider region. Several cities in the LX2160 record carry that signature; they are flagged in the table in the following section. For those cities, the row count reflects dealer volume, not the number of courts in that one town.

The record also contains 164 rows labeled simply "2160" - a distinct model string from "LX2160." Those 164 rows are not part of the 565 LX2160 total. They represent a different entry in the records and are not combined here under any circumstance. Every number in this article refers to the LX2160 specifically and only.

Three reading rules, stated plainly: pairs not singles; order-line labels not manufacturer certifications; shipping addresses not confirmed install locations. Keeping those three rules clear allows the data in this article to be read accurately, as a record of what Electro-Mech sold and shipped - nothing more, nothing less.

The Full National Record: 565 Orders Across 36 States

Electro-Mech's sales and shipping records for the LX2160 span 36 states and 13 years, from 2012 through 2025, with every one of the 565 order lines coded basketball.

The 565 records were placed by 546 distinct organizations. Some organizations appear more than once - they ordered a second pair of LX2160 shot clocks at some point after the first, either for a different court or as a follow-on to the original set. The record counts each order line as its own row; an organization that placed two separate orders appears twice in the tally. The difference between 565 orders and 546 organizations reflects those repeat buyers.

The state-level distribution is concentrated in ways the totals alone do not show. Georgia dominates the list by a wide margin. South Carolina is a distant second, Florida third. The table below shows every state with a named total in our data, in order by record count.

Georgia holds 267 of the 565 records - just under 47 percent. The next seven states combined account for 218. Put another way, Georgia alone holds more LX2160 orders than all other states put together, and then some. The section after this one explains why.

South Carolina's 56 and Alabama's 34 warrant a note. Both states have cities in the LX2160 record that carry the single-ZIP signature of dealer shipping addresses - Irmo and Lake City in South Carolina, Albertville in Alabama. Those dealer addresses serve organizations across each state's broader geography. Some portion of those 56 and 34 records shipped to end customers outside the cities named in the data.

California and Texas appear lower on the list than their size might suggest. Both states have large numbers of schools and recreation programs running organized basketball. The gap reflects the structure of Electro-Mech's dealer network, which is densest in the Southeast, where the company's Wrightsville, Georgia manufacturing base gives nearby dealers a proximity and relationship advantage. The product reaches California and Texas; it travels further to get there.

The remaining 28 states share 80 records across the full 13-year shipping window. Several are states with one or two orders each, and the record does not aggregate them further here. The LX2160 has reached buyers across a wide national footprint, but its center of gravity has remained in the Southeast throughout the period the record covers.

Georgia's 267: Why the Home State Leads Every Record

Georgia holds 267 of the 565 LX2160 records - roughly 47 percent of the total - and the most direct explanation is geography: Electro-Mech manufactures in Wrightsville, Georgia.

Wrightsville sits in Johnson County in the middle of the state. Every Electro-Mech display that ships out of that facility has a shorter trip to a Georgia customer than to any customer elsewhere in the country. That proximity matters less for the displays themselves - a well-packaged shot clock set travels without difficulty - than for the dealer relationships built around them. Dealers closest to the manufacturer know the product best, have the most direct access to the support and sales teams in Wrightsville, and tend to develop the deepest regional customer bases. In practice, that means the LX2160 has broader distribution and stronger dealer presence inside Georgia than in states where the product travels further and through fewer established relationships.

The pattern is not specific to the LX2160. Georgia leads the sales and shipping record for every major model Electro-Mech produces. The LX2160 figure - 267 of 565 - is consistent with that catalog-wide pattern, not an outlier. A family-owned manufacturer that has been building scoreboards and displays in Wrightsville since 1963 has had more than six decades to establish a home-state customer base that no other state can match in aggregate volume.

A second factor is worth naming, though our records do not quantify it directly. Georgia has a large number of high schools, colleges, municipal recreation departments, and private academies running organized basketball. Shot clock adoption has grown at the high school level as state athletic associations and the NFHS have updated rules and recommendations. Georgia's high school basketball landscape alone represents a substantial addressable base. The record shows that base has been active across a 13-year window; it does not say what fraction of those organizations already ran an Electro-Mech basketball scoreboard before ordering the shot clocks.

What the record does show is that Georgia's concentration is geographically spread, not limited to one metro area or one dealer territory. Macon, Savannah, Augusta, Athens, Albany, Douglasville, Alpharetta - all appear in the Georgia LX2160 record. Schools and recreation programs appear in the same city-level records. The 267 orders span cities from the coast to the middle of the state, across public schools, private academies, universities, and recreation departments. That spread across different organization types and different geographies is consistent with a manufacturer whose home-state dealer network reaches well beyond any single region.

In short: Georgia holds close to half the LX2160 record because Electro-Mech builds in Georgia, and because a six-decade-old home-state operation produces a dealer network and customer base that no single out-of-state relationship can replicate at the same scale. The remaining 298 records spread across 35 other states, each one a pair of shot clocks that made a longer trip from Wrightsville.

How to Read One Entry in the LX2160 Record

Organization:  South Bibb Recreation Center
City:          Macon, GA
Model:         LX2160
Sport code:    basketball
Ship date:     2017-05-24

Reading guide
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One record = one pair of shot clocks = two displays
Sport code  = how the order was filed, not a product rating
City        = shipping address (verify before assuming end location)
Ship date   = date Electro-Mech shipped, not the install date

Every row in the LX2160 record follows this structure. The sport code is an order-line label applied when the order was entered, not a manufacturer statement about the product's rated applications. For the LX2160's rated applications, consult the spec sheet and manual.

The Cities That Appear Most in the Georgia and National Count

Macon, Savannah, and Augusta each appear repeatedly in the Georgia record, and each shows a distinct mix of schools and recreation programs that ordered a pair of LX2160 shot clocks.

Before reading the city figures, one pattern needs a label. Where a single ZIP code accounts for nearly all of a city's order rows, that city is functioning as a dealer shipping address - a point where product ships in and then goes out to end customers across a wider region. Several cities in the LX2160 record carry that signature. They are flagged in the table below.

Covington, Georgia's 20 rows are the most of any single city in the LX2160 record. However, 89 percent of Covington's rows in the full city-level data sit on ZIP 30014, which is the mark of a dealer shipping address in Electro-Mech's records. The record does not say where those 20 pairs of shot clocks went after they left the shipping address; it says Covington was where they shipped to.

Macon's 11 rows spread across multiple distinct organizations in Bibb County, with ship dates running from 2017 through 2023. Savannah's 10 rows in Chatham County show a comparable spread, with orders from 2015 through 2025. The table below lists the specific organizations from the Macon, Savannah, Athens, Douglasville, and Albany city records that appear in the evidence for this article. These are all organizations with multiple records in their city's full data; each city's full LX2160 count may include additional single-order organizations not reproduced here.

These 16 organizations are from the multi-record portions of each city's data. Macon's full LX2160 count is 11 and Savannah's is 10; additional entries for each city sit in single-order organizations not shown in the evidence available here. The Augusta count of 10 is not broken down by organization in the evidence for this article.

Outside Georgia: Irmo, South Carolina's 15 rows and Albertville, Alabama's 13 rows are both dealer addresses. Irmo shows 100 percent of its rows on ZIP 29063; Albertville shows 98 percent on ZIP 35950. Neither city represents a cluster of end customers in one town - both are distribution points serving organizations across their respective states. The same logic applies to Lake City, South Carolina (ZIP 29560, 98%) and Lincoln, Nebraska (ZIP 68522, 92%). The record is accurate about what shipped and where it went; it does not say how many courts those displays serve or where in each state they ultimately landed.

What the LX2160 Set Contains and How It Connects to Your Scoreboard

A pair of LX2160 shot clocks ships as a complete set designed to work alongside an existing LX basketball scoreboard and its control console.

The standard package includes a wired handheld switch assembly. That switch plugs into the main basketball scoreboard's control console - the same console the operator uses for the game clock, score, and period. The shot clocks are subordinate to the main scoreboard, not independent of it. An operator who already runs an Electro-Mech LX basketball scoreboard can add a pair of LX2160 shot clocks and keep working from the same control position, without learning a separate system or switching consoles between the main scoreboard and the shot clocks.

Each of the two displays mounts at one end of the court. For specific dimensions - cabinet size, digit height, and power draw - the LX2160 spec sheet is the authoritative source. Those figures are model-specific, and they should come from the LX2160's own documentation rather than from any other model in the Electro-Mech line. Specs from a different model, even a related one like the LX2180, do not transfer to the LX2160 without verification against the LX2160 sheet. The spec sheets and manuals page at electro-mech.com is the right place to pull those numbers.

The LX2180 is the companion shot clock model in the Electro-Mech line. Like the LX2160, it ships as a pair. The two models are distinct entries in the sales and shipping records and distinct products in the catalog. The record covered in this article is for the LX2160 only; the LX2180 has its own order history. For a facility choosing between them, the spec sheets for each model - covering dimensions, digit heights, and electrical requirements - are the practical comparison tool.

Electro-Mech's catalog covers over 180 models across all sports, including scoreboards, timers, and accessory displays. The LX2160 and LX2180 are the shot clock sets in that catalog. A pair of LX2160 shot clocks added to an existing Electro-Mech LX basketball scoreboard gives a facility the full timed display system that organized basketball at the high school and college levels requires - game clock and score on the main scoreboard, shot clock countdowns at each end of the court, both controlled from one console position.

For questions about compatibility with a specific existing scoreboard - whether a current Electro-Mech console supports adding LX2160 shot clocks, and what the connection process looks like - the support team at electro-mech.com/support is the direct path. The record shows that 546 organizations across 36 states have placed LX2160 orders since 2012; for the specific question of whether your existing scoreboard qualifies, the answer is in your system's documentation and with the support team, not in the order count.

The basketball scoreboard page at electro-mech.com covers the full context for adding shot clocks to a gym, including how the LX-series basketball scoreboards work with accessory displays. For facilities starting from scratch - no existing Electro-Mech scoreboard - the basketball page is the place to see the full display system, not just the shot clock component in isolation.

The LX2160 record is one of the more concentrated in Electro-Mech's catalog - 267 of 565 orders in one state, shipped from a manufacturer that has built displays in Wrightsville, Georgia since 1963. That concentration is not a surprise. It reflects geography, six decades of home-state dealer development, and a broad Georgia basketball market that has been ordering shot clock sets consistently since 2012. The remaining 298 records spread across 35 other states, each representing a pair of displays that made a longer trip from Wrightsville to reach the court it serves.

For anyone using this record as a starting point - whether to verify that a peer institution has ordered the LX2160, or to understand how Georgia compares to other states, or simply to check the model before placing an order - the data is exactly what it says it is: what was sold, when it shipped, and where it went. The spec sheet and manual answer the questions the record does not. The basketball scoreboard page at electro-mech.com places the LX2160 in the context of the full LX-series display system. And the support team at electro-mech.com/support is the right first call for questions about a specific facility, a specific console, or a specific court.