"TomS" skrev i meddelandet
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There are no CE marked LED navigation lights for boats larger than 12m,
wonder why?


I know absolutely nothing about CE marking, but the products from this
company http://www.lopolight.com/ seems to have some kind of approval from
the Danish Maritime Authority
http://www.cordland.se/images/Lopoli...20approval.pdf.
According to the homepage of the swedish distributor, this would mean that
it's approved within EU. Part of the approval speaks about ship less than 50
meters.

I need to replace my navigation lights for a 37 sailboat, and the Lopolight
ones look nice. Are there any other manufactureres I should look at?

Thanks,

Jan

"Jan Akalla" wrote in message
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"TomS" skrev i meddelandet
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There are no CE marked LED navigation lights for boats larger than 12m,
wonder why?


I know absolutely nothing about CE marking, but the products from this
company http://www.lopolight.com/ seems to have some kind of approval from
the Danish Maritime Authority
http://www.cordland.se/images/Lopoli...20approval.pdf.
According to the homepage of the swedish distributor, this would mean
that
it's approved within EU. Part of the approval speaks about ship less than
50
meters.

I need to replace my navigation lights for a 37 sailboat, and the
Lopolight
ones look nice. Are there any other manufactureres I should look at?

Thanks,

Jan


I suspect it costs more than your boat.....

"Mobey Dick" skrev i meddelandet
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I suspect it costs more than your boat.....

There is a boat show on in Stockholm this weekend, so I'll check that out. I
have seen a report of about SEK4000:- for a complete set, that would be
around US$560. A lot more than a regular set of lights, but I just wish that
the boat was less than that...

Jan

"Jan Akalla" skrev i meddelandet
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There is a boat show on in Stockholm this weekend, so I'll check that out.

Prices on the show a

Starboard/port combined SEK 2500 (US$360)
Combined Starboard/port/stern/anchor SEK 3758 (US$540)

The combined one draws 3.9W in sail mode, 2.4 at anchor. For an additional
SEK555 (US$80) you get a special lid where you can mount a Windex, and the
lid also have a small hole that lights up the windex.


Quite expensive compared to regular lights. They claim MTBF more than 50000
hours, and they look very sturdy. The tricolor looks like a nice one to have
for night sailing when you want to save on battery.

Jan