On Aug 8, 4:31 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:16:25 -0700, Joe
wrote:

If you go to e-bay you can buy a 5 pack for 40 dollars.

Those are OK for life jackets where they can be turned on manually by
an experienced person

How experienced do you have to be to turn on a switch?
As Captain of your vessel when anyone steps aboard that you will be
taking out/offshore you need to make sure they understand where all
safety and survival equipment is located and how to properly use, and
deploy it. Everything from dunnage


but a MOB pole or a life ring should have a
STROBE which turns on automagically.

Agreeded, and many companies make them that do just that. I have a
self launching ACR that when turned upright turns on. It is spliced
onto the life ring with a 20 ft poly line. It's 20+ years old but
works like new.

Joe