> He's a specialist in LEDs and > made for me a steamer/deck > combo in LEDs. It's awesome!
BUT does the steaming light have the proper intensity, horizontal sectors and proper vertical coverage, and does it have no 'nulls' or dim areas between leds? There is much more to led nav lights than pointing a bunch of leds, check out http://www.firststarled.com/technical_full.html for plenty of details that would be useful for those wanting to DIY or email me with specific questions, I will try to help. firststarled.com has been in this business longer than anyone else and I am happy to pass lessons learned on to others. > > > I also have an LED anchor > light at the top of the mast. > It does look exactly like a star... > but his new ones I just saw on > another boat and they are so > much brighter and omit a very > white light (LEDs can be bluish > sometimes) that you can't mistake > for a star. It's so white and the > glow it casts simply makes it > much more effective. Warm white leds are available now that can make it look just like an old fashioned incandescent bulb if that is what you want. > > I think they run around $200 > but don't quote me on that, I've > had mine a while now. Could be > more or less? He does Tri-lights, > whatever ya want. Tri-lights are even more complex as the problem of color sector overlap could create a dangerous situation, this is a problem sure to occur unless optics or internal shielding are used even if the 'bulb' is used in a colored lens fixture! Cheap led anchor lights sell for 30 bucks US + 20$ shipping, or course you will need two or three times the solar panels or other alt energy watts to support the cheap ones for any lenght of stand alone use so you may want to spend 100$-240$ for a model that is far more efficient. The type of 'driver' or power supply used to supply electricity to the leds makes a huge difference in how efficient any led nav light will be, see the above firststar link for more details. -Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
