Vermont Scoreboards: Basketball Leads With 5 of 12 Records Across 11 Cities

If you are planning a Vermont gym or field, the useful question is which Electro-Mech model's spec sheet shows what your officials need to see. Our data places Vermont forty-seventh of fifty states by units shipped. The research section below shows how far the basketball lead in the Vermont record goes. Which of the models it names carries the rows your officials read during a game?

A small record still answers practical questions. It shows which models shipped, for which sports, and in which years. Bring your own list of what your officials read during a game, and use the record to see which models carry those rows.

The sections below cover the gym models first: the LX2655 and a pair of LX2160 shot clocks. The outdoor LX1030, LX1130 and LX1360 follow, each described from its own spec sheet. Rule context comes from the NFHS basketball and baseball rules, and from the Vermont Principals' Association, which organizes school sports in the state. The last section covers how long an order takes to ship.

What does Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record show for Vermont?

Our sales and shipping record for Vermont holds 12 records across 11 cities and towns, from 2001 to 2021, and basketball leads with 5 of the 12.

Read the record in three steps before you draw anything from it:

1. Count each record as one row per organization, model and city, the same rule the Vermont state page applies.
2. Treat each row as a scoreboard that was sold and shipped, not one confirmed as standing today.
3. Check the city-by-city listing on the Vermont state page, which prints the same counts used here.

In our data, Vermont ranks #47 of 50 states by units shipped. Ask which of these models fits your own sport and venue. Every count below is printed exactly as the record gives it.

The common assumption is that a state record maps the scoreboards in use there now. Check that assumption against the three steps above. It lists orders, and where it is silent on what happened after shipment, the article stays silent too.

Basketball's lead puts the gym scoreboard at the center of the Vermont record, and gym rules have moved. According to NFHS, since the 2023-24 season Rule 4-8-1 awards two free throws once the opponent commits five fouls in a quarter, and team fouls reset at the end of each quarter. The one-and-one is gone. A team-foul row on a gym scoreboard is now run to a per-quarter count.

The NFHS 2024-25 basketball rules interpretations add a nuance: "Electronic devices may be utilized for the purposes of recording and tracking stats, reviewing or diagramming plays, or performing other similar contest-related functions." Benches can track stats on a device. The scoreboard still keeps the official score, time and fouls in front of players and officials.

Combining 3 sources points to one practical reading. In a small Vermont record, the gym scoreboard carries the most rule detail. You can compare current gym models on our basketball scoreboards page.

Which gym models appear in the Vermont record, and how do the LX2655 and LX2160 differ?

Our Vermont record lists the LX2655 most often, at 2 records, and a pair of LX2160 shot clocks once, both counted by LX equivalent.

In our data, those counts sit inside 11 distinct models recorded in the state, with variants of one model counted as that one model. The two indoor models do different jobs. One is the main gym scoreboard. The other is a pair of accessory displays.

The LX2655 is the main scoreboard. Its spec sheet lists an indoor basketball scoreboard, 9 ft x 5 ft, 133 lb, in an aluminum cabinet. Guest Team Points, Home Team Points and the Period Clock use 12-inch digits, and every other digit is 9 inches tall. Bonus and Possession indicators are 3 inches tall, in amber, red and green LEDs. The model page calls it the most popular basketball model in the line, and removable caption plates along the bottom relabel the lower half for volleyball or wrestling. The base LX2655 draws 1.5 amps; the LX2655-ETN, with Electronic Team Names, draws 2.2 amps.

The LX2160 is a pair of shot clock displays designed to mount behind the backboards, on a wall or on the backboard support structure. Its spec sheet gives each cabinet as 24 in x 27 in and 20 lb, with 12-inch red shot time digits, 4-inch visual horn indicators for the end of a period, and 0.3 amps per display. A handheld three-button switch assembly attaches to the main control console; a full-sized 37-key console is optional.

The NFHS opened the 35-second shot clock to state adoption for the 2022-23 season, so whether a gym runs one is a state association decision. The Vermont Principals' Association posts its sport guides and rules online and is the place to confirm current practice. A shot clock pair is an add-on to the main scoreboard, not a substitute for it. A 2023 Valley News report on the shot clock debate in neighboring New Hampshire listed what adding one involves: shot clocks above both baskets, possibly a clock on the main scoreboard, an extra person at games to operate them, and new clocks that sync with the main scoreboard. You can read the full documents on our scoreboard manuals page.

Where can you check the Vermont record and each model's documents yourself?

Electro-Mech lists every Vermont record by city on its Vermont page and publishes each model's spec sheet, so you can verify every count and figure in this article.

The Vermont page prints the same two counts this article uses, records and cities and towns, from a snapshot taken in September 2026. Each count follows one rule: one row per organization, model and city. The page shows what shipped. Open each model's spec sheet beside the Vermont page so you can match a model number to its cabinet size, digit height and amperage.

Spec sheets reward a slow read. Start with three lines: cabinet dimensions and weight, digit height by row, and the electrical line. The LX1130 sheet, for example, gives Guest Runs, Home Runs and Inning one digit height and pitch counts another, while the LX1030 sheet gives every digit the same height. On a basketball spec sheet, check whether the model carries only score, time and period, or adds possession, team fouls, and player fouls and points.

Which outdoor scoreboards appear in the Vermont record, and how do the LX1030, LX1130 and LX1360 differ?

Three outdoor models each appear once in our Vermont record: the LX1030 and LX1130 baseball and softball scoreboards, and the LX1360, which reverses its captions for baseball or football.

Baseball sits second in the state record, and these three models show how much range sits inside one sport. The differences come down to cabinet size, the rows on the face and the console in the box.

The LX1030 is the compact layout. Its spec sheet lists an outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard, 8 ft x 4 ft and 113 lb, with Runs and Inning digits and bullet-style Ball, Strike and Out indicators 4 inches in diameter. The LX1030 draws 1.1 amps and ships with a simplified 15-key control console; the full-sized 37-key console is optional. The model page describes it as sitting between the LX1050 and LX1060 in size.

The LX1130 adds two feet of cabinet. Its model page explains that the series starts from the LX1030 design and grows to 8 ft x 6 ft, which makes room for pitch counts, a timer or both. The LX1130 is the pitch count version: 11-inch Pitch Count digits for the Guest and Home teams. Its spec sheet gives 170 lb and 1.4 amps, with a full-sized 37-key console and fifty programmable brightness levels as standard.

The LX1360 covers two sports. Its spec sheet lists an outdoor multi-sport scoreboard, 10 ft x 5 ft and 180 lb, drawing 2.0 amps. Flip the reversible captions and Ball, Strike and Out become Downs and Quarters, while Inning becomes To Go. The "MP" console runs either sport.

Pitch counts matter because the NFHS revised Rule 6-2-6 in 2016, requiring each state association to set its own pitching restriction policy based on pitches thrown. Limits differ by state. Confirm Vermont's current policy with the Vermont Principals' Association before you choose between the LX1030 and LX1130. You can compare more layouts on our baseball scoreboards page.

Each row in the Vermont record follows one layout. Variants count as their LX model. Silence stays silence.

Row      = one organization + one model + one city
Model    = LX equivalent (variants of one model count once)
Means    = sold and shipped
Does not = installed, in use today, or why it was bought

What can a small Vermont record tell you about what your gym needs?

A small record tells you which Electro-Mech models shipped to Vermont; your own list of what officials read during a game tells you what your gym needs.

Our state summary names only the most-shipped models by count. The rest of the Vermont models are not broken out, and the record is silent on how any of them are operated today. The research section above walks through these findings. Do not read it as a buyer survey.

One fact does stand out. Every Vermont record predates the 2023-24 NFHS change to per-quarter team fouls. Before that season, the one-and-one bonus came when the opponent committed seven fouls in a half, and two free throws came on the tenth foul in a half. A gym scoreboard bought under the old count now runs under the new one. The record does not say how each gym has handled that.

Before you ask for a quote, work through three questions:

1. List the rows your officials and scorer read during a game: score, game clock, period, team fouls, bonus and possession.
2. Ask how your existing console handles the per-quarter foul count; the Electro-Mech support team can answer for your exact model.
3. List the player fouls and points your officials need to read during a game, then match that list to each model's spec sheet.

The third question is a real choice. The catalog also includes full-featured basketball scoreboards that show player number, fouls and points for the players on the floor. None of them is among the models the Vermont card names, so the record cannot tell you whether Vermont gyms want that level of detail.

A scoreboard's first job is keeping accurate information, including time, in front of players and officials. Spectators come second. Start from the rows your officials need. Size and features follow from there.

How long does a Vermont order take to ship after you commit?

Plan on 4 to 6 weeks from commitment to shipment, the lead time customers are typically told to assume, and allow more if you order as football season starts.

Lead time moves with the calendar. At the start of football season it has stretched to 16 weeks. In slack periods such as January it can fall under two weeks. The company does not track lead-time statistics, so treat these as planning ranges, not measurements.

Every Electro-Mech scoreboard follows the same order of steps between your commitment and the truck:

1. Parts and standard subassemblies are already on hand before any order arrives; no finished scoreboard sits on a shelf.
2. A purchase order, down payment or other commitment from you starts the clock.
3. Where signage is involved, sponsors, schools, boosters, architects and contractors approve logos, colors, layout and text.
4. The Sales Order is released, and engineering examines most orders the same day.
5. The Shipping Manager assigns the order to a Truck List, and it is now in process.
6. Accessories, separate signage, internal electronics and the cabinet are built in parallel.
7. Electronics go into the cabinet: digits first, then chassis, terminal blocks or I/O plate, ribbon cables, horn, and last the ScoreLink receiver.
8. The scoreboard goes through full-power testing and burn-in.
9. The back goes on, followed by warning labels and the final-inspection label.
10. The scoreboard is staged and loaded onto a trailer designated for scoreboard deliveries, where it keeps its spot until it arrives.

Step three is where you can save the most time. Settle the layout before artwork review starts, including which player foul and point displays your officials need on the scoreboard. The NFHS 2024-25 interpretations already allow electronic devices for tracking stats, so that decision is yours to make early.

Building projects need their own plan. Orders that sat more than a year before shipping do exist, usually on school construction projects. Tie your scoreboard order to the building schedule, not to a fixed ship date. A firm date for your project comes with a quote from the Electro-Mech team.

What should a Vermont buyer take from the record before ordering?

Start from your own rules and venue, then pick a model whose spec sheet shows what your officials need, because the Vermont record shows what shipped, not why.

Basketball holds five of the twelve Vermont records, more than any other sport. That lead tells you gyms bought the most. It does not tell you which gym needs what. Basketball foul counting has changed since the last Vermont record shipped. Baseball pitch counts follow a policy each state association sets for itself. Check what your current scoreboard shows against both before you call. Then ask the Electro-Mech team for the spec sheet of each model you are weighing, and compare them line by line.