wrote in news:1138982706.810715.9140
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

The LED in this Orca light is unusual in that the dome of the LED seems
to have been machined to throw the light radially. The housing of the
whole light is very well made.



This walk light has two bright LEDs pointing into a cone-shaped "radiator".
The leds actually point down, but the reflective cone radiates their light
out horizontally in all directions.

Wayne.B wrote in
:

That's creative. Was the brightness insufficient?




It was bright enough.....well, until the battery ran dead around midnight.
After that, it was DEAD....not good.

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:05:03 -0500, Larry wrote:

It was bright enough.....well, until the battery ran dead around midnight.
After that, it was DEAD....not good.

It is an absolute requirement that they must stay lit until 1/2 hour
after the last pub closes. :-)

There should also be an owner sensor that will cause it to start
blinking if you get to within 400 yards of it in your dinghy.

I had an idea...some feelback would be great.

I had a low-draw anchor light that we've been hanging from the boom when
anchored and simply stowing when underway. It's got a photosensor so is
automatic...you know the $40 one from Boatersworld. It's brightness is
acceptable but now that it quit working, I want to make a replacement.

I was thinking of a really damn bright light (i.e. so even the crazy weekend
powerboaters from Miami will see it)...a battery sized to match (12hoursX
draw/H) & stored in a cockpit lazarette & coupled with a small solar panel.
That way I can have a bright anchor-light while not drawing power from my
house batteries.

Any suggestions/comments?

Thanks.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net



"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:05:03 -0500, Larry wrote:

It was bright enough.....well, until the battery ran dead around
midnight.
After that, it was DEAD....not good.

It is an absolute requirement that they must stay lit until 1/2 hour
after the last pub closes. :-)

There should also be an owner sensor that will cause it to start
blinking if you get to within 400 yards of it in your dinghy.

Wayne.B wrote in
:

There should also be an owner sensor that will cause it to start
blinking if you get to within 400 yards of it in your dinghy.



Maybe like the Cadillac...you press the key fob button and the light blinks
and the foghorn sounds so you can find the boat, drunk, in the dark...(c;

wrote:
After trying to build my own LED anchor light, and finding the
so-called superbright LEDs I bought were too dim, I decided to just buy
a commercial one in spite of the high cost. So, I bought the Orca
Green Marine light (yeah, expensive) with solar cell to turn it off in
day. I plan to hook it up to my batteries via a long wire and pull it
up into the foretriangle. I'll ley y'all know how it works.

Next time do a bit of research before you buy junk.

http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/

Everything you ever wanted to know about LED's including who makes the
brightest today.

Joe

try he

http://doctorled.com/

Anchor light has 18 LED's, draws 90Ma, cost me (CAD) $46 including
"shipping" - took about 1 1/2 weeks for (postal) delivery, works just
fine!

If any one else buys any *other of their 12 vlt "bulbs" please e' me
with your opinion of the product. I want to replace all incandencent
(sp)? w/LED's.




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