LED Anchor Light
 

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the anchor
light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do this.
Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with a
regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

Maybe you can adapt the ideas from this article
http://www.kaotica.com/frag/diy/moonlight/

Paul

"John Salyer" wrote in message
...
I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the
anchor
light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do
this.
Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with
a
regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:48 -0400, "John Salyer"
wrote:

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the anchor
light with an LED array.

If your time is worth anything, just buy one of these:

http://www.sealite.com.au/product_pa...rod_code=SL-05

This is an absolutely terrific unit at a reasonable price.

Best,

Steve

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LED Anchor Light
 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:48 -0400, "John Salyer"
wrote:

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the anchor
light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do this.
Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with a
regulator. Any ideas?

Lionheart came with a solar-recharged LED yellow sidewalk light for an
anchor light.

Of course, we'd LIKE to keep it legal, so have replaced it with an
approved anchor/tricolor light......just for fun.

Oh, it also reduced the laughing and pointed from the other sailors on
the docks, too....(c;



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

LED Anchor Light
 

I'm a putzer, and really would like to build one myself. Spending $114 for
a light as described isn't my cup of tea. It is more the challenge, than it
is spending the money.
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"Steven Dubnoff" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:48 -0400, "John Salyer"
wrote:

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the
anchor
light with an LED array.

If your time is worth anything, just buy one of these:

http://www.sealite.com.au/product_pa...rod_code=SL-05

This is an absolutely terrific unit at a reasonable price.

Best,

Steve

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I too am a compulsive DIYer but when I looked at what is required I
faded. To get the 2 mile range at 360º you have to use 5 or 6 of the
new ultra bright LEDs and drive them with a special power supply circuit
and you still need the fresnel lens and water tight base. I estimated
the cost would be only slightly than less the available lights and I
wouldn't know if it was bright enough until the CG came along side with
their citation book open.

John Salyer wrote:

I'm a putzer, and really would like to build one myself. Spending $114 for
a light as described isn't my cup of tea. It is more the challenge, than it
is spending the money.
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"Steven Dubnoff" wrote in message
...

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:48 -0400, "John Salyer"
wrote:


I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the

anchor

light with an LED array.

If your time is worth anything, just buy one of these:

http://www.sealite.com.au/product_pa...rod_code=SL-05

This is an absolutely terrific unit at a reasonable price.

Best,

Steve

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--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

LED Anchor Light
 

Absolutely hate the tricolour lights. Stupid invention. Bloody hard to make
out the movement of 30 plus vessels at night when they all have tricolours
running.
For what size of boat is this anchor light for???
--
Jason
There are 10 types of people - those who understand binary and those who
don't.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:48 -0400, "John Salyer"
wrote:

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the
anchor
light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do
this.
Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's,
with a
regulator. Any ideas?

Lionheart came with a solar-recharged LED yellow sidewalk light for an
anchor light.

Of course, we'd LIKE to keep it legal, so have replaced it with an
approved anchor/tricolor light......just for fun.

Oh, it also reduced the laughing and pointed from the other sailors on
the docks, too....(c;



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

LED Anchor Light
 

This is an absolutely terrific unit at a reasonable price..

A hundred bucks for an anchor light! For your yacht maybe. I have an anchor
light that runs off of 1 'D' cell and it sells for $15.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

LED Anchor Light
 

it figures.


"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
...
This is an absolutely terrific unit at a reasonable price..

A hundred bucks for an anchor light! For your yacht maybe. I have an anchor
light that runs off of 1 'D' cell and it sells for $15.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

LED Anchor Light
 

I use it with no problem and a very very low consumption:
http://www.deepcreekdesign.com/firststarpage.html
Regards.
Laurent

"John Salyer" a écrit dans le message de
...
I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the
anchor
light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do
this.
Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with
a
regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

What would drive me to go with either of the LED based solutions
discussed in this thread is their low power usage. I have the Perko
two-bulb light where each light is 750mW or 625mA for a total of 1.3A.
I have Trojan T105 Golf Cart batteries rated at a little over 200AH of
which by the rule of thumb I can only use about one-third or 70AH. If
I'm at anchor and run my anchor light for 10 hours, this comes to 13AH
just for my anchor light. This is nearly 20% of my total power budget.

Once I had to send a professional up my mast rather than doing it
myself. It cost me $120. It's good to calibrate things. These units
have lifetimes in the 10s of thousands of hours.

Joe Wood

Laurent I wrote:

I use it with no problem and a very very low consumption:
http://www.deepcreekdesign.com/firststarpage.html
Regards.
Laurent

"John Salyer" a écrit dans le message de
...

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the

anchor

light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do

this.

Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with

a

regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:50:57 GMT, "Jason"
wrote:

Absolutely hate the tricolour lights. Stupid invention. Bloody hard to make
out the movement of 30 plus vessels at night when they all have tricolours
running.
For what size of boat is this anchor light for???
--

Amel Sharki 41 ketch.....



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

LED Anchor Light
 

For most anchorages, we prefer an anchor light much lower than the
masthead. While it's traditional, and easy, the rules don't require a
masthead light, and we think a light hanging in the foretriangle or
off the boom is more easily seen by smaller boats. You can use a six
volt lantern battery for this.

see Colregs, Rule 30(b) "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may
exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of
the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule."

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


Joe Wood wrote in message ...
What would drive me to go with either of the LED based solutions
discussed in this thread is their low power usage. I have the Perko
two-bulb light where each light is 750mW or 625mA for a total of 1.3A.
I have Trojan T105 Golf Cart batteries rated at a little over 200AH of
which by the rule of thumb I can only use about one-third or 70AH. If
I'm at anchor and run my anchor light for 10 hours, this comes to 13AH
just for my anchor light. This is nearly 20% of my total power budget.

Once I had to send a professional up my mast rather than doing it
myself. It cost me $120. It's good to calibrate things. These units
have lifetimes in the 10s of thousands of hours.

Joe Wood

Laurent I wrote:

I use it with no problem and a very very low consumption:
http://www.deepcreekdesign.com/firststarpage.html
Regards.
Laurent

"John Salyer" a écrit dans le message de
...

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the

anchor

light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do

this.

Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with

a

regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

The caveat in Rule 30(b) is merely to say that smaller boats only need one light, not two.
There is nothing that implies that an anchor light must be at the masthead, it must be
"where it can best be seen." When there are two lights, the forward one must be higher.

One can make a good argument that "best be seen" is not at the masthead if the other boats
are small.

Like most sailors, however, I use the masthead light, but I often add a Davis Megalite as
a second, lower light in the cockpit.



"Jim Woodward" wrote in message
om...
For most anchorages, we prefer an anchor light much lower than the
masthead. While it's traditional, and easy, the rules don't require a
masthead light, and we think a light hanging in the foretriangle or
off the boom is more easily seen by smaller boats. You can use a six
volt lantern battery for this.

see Colregs, Rule 30(b) "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may
exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of
the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule."

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


Joe Wood wrote in message
...
What would drive me to go with either of the LED based solutions
discussed in this thread is their low power usage. I have the Perko
two-bulb light where each light is 750mW or 625mA for a total of 1.3A.
I have Trojan T105 Golf Cart batteries rated at a little over 200AH of
which by the rule of thumb I can only use about one-third or 70AH. If
I'm at anchor and run my anchor light for 10 hours, this comes to 13AH
just for my anchor light. This is nearly 20% of my total power budget.

Once I had to send a professional up my mast rather than doing it
myself. It cost me $120. It's good to calibrate things. These units
have lifetimes in the 10s of thousands of hours.

Joe Wood

Laurent I wrote:

I use it with no problem and a very very low consumption:
http://www.deepcreekdesign.com/firststarpage.html
Regards.
Laurent

"John Salyer" a écrit dans le message de
...

I've found a bunch of stuff on replacing the incandescent bulb in the

anchor

light with an LED array. But I haven't found a schematic of how to do

this.

Any help? I'd like to build an array of up to 18 super bright LED's, with

a

regulator. Any ideas?

LED Anchor Light
 

On 15 Oct 2003 06:04:29 -0700, (Jim Woodward)
wrote:

For most anchorages, we prefer an anchor light much lower than the
masthead. While it's traditional, and easy, the rules don't require a
masthead light, and we think a light hanging in the foretriangle or
off the boom is more easily seen by smaller boats. You can use a six
volt lantern battery for this.

see Colregs, Rule 30(b) "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may
exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of
the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule."

I agree. We hang a battery anchor light, wither in the foretriangle or
under the boom tip, when we are in an area with lots of small
motorboats around. A light 60 feet in the air might never be noticed
by someone buzzing around on a sea-doo-doo.

Rodney Myrvaagnes Opionated old geezer

Faith-based economics: It's deja voodoo all over again

LED Anchor Light
 

18 LEDs, regulated... and legal... why re invent the wheel?

http://doctorled.com/

I bought one, it was easy to install (no polarity issue) works like a
charm, is easily the brightest anchor light I have seen and draws
90MA.

A bonus is that it is distinct! Same differance as the "blue-white"
headlights and the ones on my car. They stand out from the rest.

regards,

Spamson


On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:37:47 -0400, Rodney Myrvaagnes
wrote:

On 15 Oct 2003 06:04:29 -0700, (Jim Woodward)
wrote:

For most anchorages, we prefer an anchor light much lower than the
masthead. While it's traditional, and easy, the rules don't require a
masthead light, and we think a light hanging in the foretriangle or
off the boom is more easily seen by smaller boats. You can use a six
volt lantern battery for this.

see Colregs, Rule 30(b) "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may
exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of
the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule."

I agree. We hang a battery anchor light, wither in the foretriangle or
under the boom tip, when we are in an area with lots of small
motorboats around. A light 60 feet in the air might never be noticed
by someone buzzing around on a sea-doo-doo.

Rodney Myrvaagnes Opionated old geezer

Faith-based economics: It's deja voodoo all over again

LED Anchor Light
 

On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:04:20 -0700, Spammy Spamson
wrote:

I bought one

Where?

LED Anchor Light
 

Spammy Spamson wrote in
:

I agree. We hang a battery anchor light, wither in the foretriangle or
under the boom tip, when we are in an area with lots of small
motorboats around. A light 60 feet in the air might never be noticed
by someone buzzing around on a sea-doo-doo.



Just doesn't seem right, though, unless it's an oil lamp running on real
whale oil, does it?

LED Anchor Light
 

In article , Larry wrote:
Spammy Spamson wrote in
:

I agree. We hang a battery anchor light, wither in the foretriangle or
under the boom tip, when we are in an area with lots of small
motorboats around. A light 60 feet in the air might never be noticed
by someone buzzing around on a sea-doo-doo.



Just doesn't seem right, though, unless it's an oil lamp running on real
whale oil, does it?


Presents a problem, do these things opperate at night without a headlight?
I don't think they have lights. Anyway. my boat has reflectors viewable
at any angle or position. So does the trailer.

greg

LED Anchor Light
 

Not necessarily legal. Anchor lights are type approved with a specific
bulb, and this ain't it.


"Spammy Spamson" wrote in message ...
18 LEDs, regulated... and legal... why re invent the wheel?

http://doctorled.com/

I bought one, it was easy to install (no polarity issue) works like a
charm, is easily the brightest anchor light I have seen and draws
90MA.

A bonus is that it is distinct! Same differance as the "blue-white"
headlights and the ones on my car. They stand out from the rest.

regards,

Spamson


On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:37:47 -0400, Rodney Myrvaagnes
wrote:

On 15 Oct 2003 06:04:29 -0700, (Jim Woodward)
wrote:

For most anchorages, we prefer an anchor light much lower than the
masthead. While it's traditional, and easy, the rules don't require a
masthead light, and we think a light hanging in the foretriangle or
off the boom is more easily seen by smaller boats. You can use a six
volt lantern battery for this.

see Colregs, Rule 30(b) "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may
exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of
the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule."

I agree. We hang a battery anchor light, wither in the foretriangle or
under the boom tip, when we are in an area with lots of small
motorboats around. A light 60 feet in the air might never be noticed
by someone buzzing around on a sea-doo-doo.

Rodney Myrvaagnes Opionated old geezer

Faith-based economics: It's deja voodoo all over again

LED Anchor Light
 

Chuck Tribolet wrote:
Not necessarily legal. Anchor lights are type approved with a specific
bulb, and this ain't it.


Golly, Chuck. For recreational boats,
the USCG requires only that the light be
white and visible for two miles. Where's
the type-approval in that?

Chuck

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