"Joe" wrote in message
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On May 14, 9:56 am, Milton Waddams wrote:
I am replacement the incadescent bulbs on my boat with ones that are
more green in their energy usage. I have found that the compact
flourescents cause too much radio and gps noise and aren't that
efficient, so I am looking at replacing everything with LED lighting.
A weekday crewmember recommended going to oil lamps for the interior.
They do give a nautical "air" but how environmentally sound are they?
Thank you,

Milton

Oil lamps are indeed nautical , but they burn oil, produce soot, and
lots of heat.
LED lighting is coming of age now and many fixtures can now be
purchaced for 12 volt DC systems or 110AC.

http://www.ledsforboats.com/

Or if you're handy with a soldering gun, you can make customs systems
pretty easy.

Here is a good source to find LED's
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/

Joe




And, can cause a fire if dropped... have your fire extinguisher charged and
ready. g

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