At 11:06 AM 2/27/2009, you wrote: >I know there was a discussion about LED lights recently and OGM was a well >regarded unit. I was looking at the anchor light unit at www.signalmate.com >and it looks like a well built small unit. Both 2 and 3 nm USCG approved >units are available for about the same money as the OGM. Why not put the >brighter 3 nm unit on for about the same money? Has anyone used this brand? > >Bob >PDQ 36 >Peace
Reply: We have an OGM combo tri-color/anchor light. I just went to the Signalmate page and here are a few observations. Signalmate says it uses a single, as in one, LED. Looks like it from the picture, looks like some kind of reflector system to get 360-deg. Current draw is listed as less than .160 A. OGM uses three LED's. Current draw I know is .5 A. This sounds right if both are using the same very high output LED: 3 X .16 = .48 A (3 white for anchor and 1 each red and green, using the aft white for running). It would be interesting to do a side by side comparison of the two units. I can't help thinking the OGM would be brighter. From side by side with incandescent lights the OGM is quite a bit brighter. I was a bit disappointed when I first got the OGM with that .5 A draw, since all the others were in the .09 to .180 claimed current draw. However, after using it I'm happy to draw that "extra" current. Yes, it is BRIGHT. On another note. Our move to Texas was aborted when we kept running into very skinny water. We wound up at Slidell, LA at a great marina, Bon Fouca Marina. The price is right and the 15 or so live-aboards here are great folks. It's all very laid back and the live-aboards and management keep an eye on things. No problem leaving things unlocked or laying out in the open. We're going to be heading out soon for some hopefully fun cruising, but plan on keeping our slip since they said we could pay a minimum to keep it. Rick 'n' Cathy S/V Valkyrie http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie _______________________________________________ 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
