http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...992429&id=7961

If you need a good, legal (two-mile vis) anchor light you can't go wrong with
this one.

Defender seems to have the best price around for this item.

--
Sir Gregory

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:09:10 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:


http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...992429&id=7961

If you need a good, legal (two-mile vis) anchor light you can't go wrong with
this one.

Defender seems to have the best price around for this item.

Not a very efficient light, is it. One bulb draws .11 amps and a
second draws .33 amps but only produces "about twice" the light (for
three times the power).

There are better lights available.

.....after looking on the web I'll revise that statement as I see West
marine is selling LED light bulbs for $52.99. Amazing really, given
that I can buy, in Bangkok, LED bulbs of equal power, but not with the
indexed nav light base, for about $10 U.S.
--
Cheers,
Bruce

On Friday, December 21, 2012 9:21:23 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:09:10 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"

åke wrote:





http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...992429&id=7961



If you need a good, legal (two-mile vis) anchor light you can't go wrong with

this one.



Defender seems to have the best price around for this item.



Not a very efficient light, is it. One bulb draws .11 amps and a

second draws .33 amps but only produces "about twice" the light (for

three times the power).



There are better lights available.



....after looking on the web I'll revise that statement as I see West

marine is selling LED light bulbs for $52.99. Amazing really, given

that I can buy, in Bangkok, LED bulbs of equal power, but not with the

indexed nav light base, for about $10 U.S.

--

Cheers,

Bruce

What's "equal power"? There are all sorts of cheap LEDs available, but the actual lumens is what matters. Whether or not the cheap LED will muck up your electronics with RFI is of interest as well.

That said, I'm giving a pair of spotlights (well, really "wash" lights, as it's 140 degrees spread) at $12.99 including shipping a try for a replacement for a 99 element LED set I've got on the arch, but which has a couple of the 11 vertical rows dead, and some others failing.

http://store.marinebeam.com/led-flood-light.html addresses the RFI issue, but is the same price as the one I'm replacing was.

Here's the cheapies I await; this auction may have ended, but they have more...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10W-LED-Floo...21015039468%26

L8R, y'all

Skip

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:12:17 -0800 (PST), Flying Pig
wrote:

On Friday, December 21, 2012 9:21:23 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:09:10 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"

åke wrote:





http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...992429&id=7961



If you need a good, legal (two-mile vis) anchor light you can't go wrong with

this one.



Defender seems to have the best price around for this item.



Not a very efficient light, is it. One bulb draws .11 amps and a

second draws .33 amps but only produces "about twice" the light (for

three times the power).



There are better lights available.



....after looking on the web I'll revise that statement as I see West

marine is selling LED light bulbs for $52.99. Amazing really, given

that I can buy, in Bangkok, LED bulbs of equal power, but not with the

indexed nav light base, for about $10 U.S.

--

Cheers,

Bruce

What's "equal power"? There are all sorts of cheap LEDs available, but the actual lumens is what matters. Whether or not the cheap LED will muck up your electronics with RFI is of interest as well.

Skip, to the best of my knowledge LED's do not emit RF.

On the other hand, if there is a "driver" which is essentially a
voltage regulator, attached, which is often used to control voltage to
the LED's it could be some sort of pulse width gizzmo that oscillates
at high frequency.

Just looking at the spot lights you are installing I suspect that they
use only resisters for any voltage drop, at least most of the "strip"
led devices use only resisters.

Skip

--
Cheers,
Bruce

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:50:31 +0700, Bruce
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:12:17 -0800 (PST), Flying Pig
wrote:

On Friday, December 21, 2012 9:21:23 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:09:10 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"

åke wrote:





http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...992429&id=7961



If you need a good, legal (two-mile vis) anchor light you can't go wrong with

this one.



Defender seems to have the best price around for this item.



Not a very efficient light, is it. One bulb draws .11 amps and a

second draws .33 amps but only produces "about twice" the light (for

three times the power).



There are better lights available.



....after looking on the web I'll revise that statement as I see West

marine is selling LED light bulbs for $52.99. Amazing really, given

that I can buy, in Bangkok, LED bulbs of equal power, but not with the

indexed nav light base, for about $10 U.S.

--

Cheers,

Bruce

What's "equal power"? There are all sorts of cheap LEDs available, but the actual lumens is what matters. Whether or not the cheap LED will muck up your electronics with RFI is of interest as well.

Skip, to the best of my knowledge LED's do not emit RF.

On the other hand, if there is a "driver" which is essentially a
voltage regulator, attached, which is often used to control voltage to
the LED's it could be some sort of pulse width gizzmo that oscillates
at high frequency.

Just looking at the spot lights you are installing I suspect that they
use only resisters for any voltage drop, at least most of the "strip"
led devices use only resisters.

Skip


I thought you were getting the lights in the first reference but on
second reading it looks as though you are getting the high intensity
lights in the second. They sell them here and I've looked at them but
the ones here are for 220 VAC. which matches the Item specifics for
the ones you are buying although the main advert seems to offer a 12
VDC version. The AC versions will certainly have added electronics as
the LED itself is not a 265 volt device :-)

I haven't seen one in actual use but in the shop they certainly look
like an extremely bright light.

The price is right too :-)
--
Cheers,
Bruce