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Bright Idea!


We started down an aisle on the mezzanine level of the Seattle Boat
Show, and noticed some extremely vivid lighting from seventy or eight
feet away. The lights proved to be part of a display at the Miller &
Miller Boatyard booth, and even in the relatively well lit environment
of the boat show the illumination was dramatically apparent.

Peg Miller introduced us to a new product called Lopolight. Lopolight
is built in Denmark, and relies on a group of small light emitting
diodes, rather than a single bulb, for illumination. The obvious result
is a much brighter light that is said to use only about 10- 20% of the
current required for a standard DC lamp.

Lopolights are built into rugged aluminum housings, and the
manufacturer claims that the cases are strong enough to be used as foot
steps. When each Lopolight is assembled, the case is then filled with
epoxy to create an waterproof seal that has been tested at depths of 90
meters. The fully sealed component never needs to be opened for bulb
replacement, as the LED's are rated with an average life expectancy
of 50,000 hours. (50,000 hours would provide light for eight hours per
day, every day, for about seventeen years).

Peg informed us that while many 12-volt incandescent bulbs will draw 3
amps per hour, a Lopolight produces many more lumens while consuming as
little as 0.3 amps per hour, or about 1/10 the battery drain.

Lopolights are available in colors and shapes appropriate for running
lights, stern lights, masthead lights, anchor lights, combination bow
lights, and even cabin and deck lights. They should be attractive to
almost anyone looking for substantially brighter light and far less
energy consumption.

The downside, according to Peg Miller, may be the initial cost.
"These lights are no cheap date," said Peg, "but in many
applications they make sense over time. Take a masthead light for
example. It's certainly not cheap to hire a rigger to go up the mast
to replace a masthead light, even if the bulb itself is only a few
dollars. Replacing a traditional masthead bulb twice will cost about
what the Lopolight does, and the Lopolight should never require any
maintenance."

Lopolight appears to be a promising product that should be of interest
to safety minded boaters cognizant of the value of being well visible
after dark as well as to boaters concerned with lower power consumption
and exceptional durability.

For additional information on Lopolight, contact Miller and Miller
Boatyard at 206-285-5958 or by email:

Chuck,
Sort of looks like this doesn't it. :-)
http://www.lopolight.com/
Paul

wrote:
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Bright Idea!


We started down an aisle on the mezzanine level of the Seattle Boat
Show, and noticed some extremely vivid lighting from seventy or eight
feet away. The lights proved to be part of a display at the Miller &
Miller Boatyard booth, and even in the relatively well lit environment
of the boat show the illumination was dramatically apparent.

Peg Miller introduced us to a new product called Lopolight. Lopolight
is built in Denmark, and relies on a group of small light emitting
diodes, rather than a single bulb, for illumination. The obvious result
is a much brighter light that is said to use only about 10- 20% of the
current required for a standard DC lamp.

Lopolights are built into rugged aluminum housings, and the
manufacturer claims that the cases are strong enough to be used as foot
steps. When each Lopolight is assembled, the case is then filled with
epoxy to create an waterproof seal that has been tested at depths of 90
meters. The fully sealed component never needs to be opened for bulb
replacement, as the LED's are rated with an average life expectancy
of 50,000 hours. (50,000 hours would provide light for eight hours per
day, every day, for about seventeen years).

Peg informed us that while many 12-volt incandescent bulbs will draw 3
amps per hour, a Lopolight produces many more lumens while consuming as
little as 0.3 amps per hour, or about 1/10 the battery drain.

Lopolights are available in colors and shapes appropriate for running
lights, stern lights, masthead lights, anchor lights, combination bow
lights, and even cabin and deck lights. They should be attractive to
almost anyone looking for substantially brighter light and far less
energy consumption.

The downside, according to Peg Miller, may be the initial cost.
"These lights are no cheap date," said Peg, "but in many
applications they make sense over time. Take a masthead light for
example. It's certainly not cheap to hire a rigger to go up the mast
to replace a masthead light, even if the bulb itself is only a few
dollars. Replacing a traditional masthead bulb twice will cost about
what the Lopolight does, and the Lopolight should never require any
maintenance."

Lopolight appears to be a promising product that should be of interest
to safety minded boaters cognizant of the value of being well visible
after dark as well as to boaters concerned with lower power consumption
and exceptional durability.

For additional information on Lopolight, contact Miller and Miller
Boatyard at 206-285-5958 or by email:

Chuck,
Sort of looks like this doesn't it. :-)
http://www.lopolight.com/Paul


*********************

Don't know. I get "page cannot be displayed."

Do you have someting to do with this product? (/Paul)

Really bright light at a low power consumption. Clever idea.

I noticed a mistype, however, in my post. The units are water tested to
30 meters, not 90 meters. Still, that's great. If your boat sinks in
100 feet of water or less and the lights stay on, it will be easy to
find on the bottom. :-)

Are these approved lights - as in USCG for use in
US waters?

I looked on the manufacturers sit and they provide
no comparison data for incandescent vs led.

Just curious.

Later,

Tom
wrote in message
ups.com...
Chuck,
Sort of looks like this doesn't it. :-)
http://www.lopolight.com/Paul


*********************

Don't know. I get "page cannot be displayed."

Do you have someting to do with this product? (/Paul)

Really bright light at a low power consumption. Clever idea.

I noticed a mistype, however, in my post. The units are water tested to
30 meters, not 90 meters. Still, that's great. If your boat sinks in
100 feet of water or less and the lights stay on, it will be easy to
find on the bottom. :-)

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Are these approved lights - as in USCG for use in
US waters?


I looked on the manufacturers sit and they provide
no comparison data for incandescent vs led.


Just curious.


Later,


***********

The regs call for lights of specific colors for various purposes, and
there are standards that require the light to be visible at certain
distances.

AFAIK, there is no requirement that the light come from any specific
type of source.
I passed CG Aux inspection once, when the anchor light was burned out
on my trawler, by tieing a flashlight to the to the halyard and running
it up the mast. There's no reason you couldn't use an oil lamp if it
had the proper color lens in it, so I can't imagine why would the CG
would care about the type of light source as long as it is the right
color and meets the minimum visibility standards.

As far as the incandescent vs. LED consideration, these lights kick
butt. There's absolutely no question they are a lot brighter than a
standard incandescent bulb, that's immediately obvious when you see
them in operation. "How much brighter?" is probably a good question.
Having seen them first hand, all I can say is "a lot." :-)

wrote in message
ups.com...
Chuck,
Sort of looks like this doesn't it. :-)
http://www.lopolight.com/Paul


*********************

Don't know. I get "page cannot be displayed."

Do you have someting to do with this product? (/Paul)

Really bright light at a low power consumption. Clever idea.

I noticed a mistype, however, in my post. The units are water tested to
30 meters, not 90 meters. Still, that's great. If your boat sinks in
100 feet of water or less and the lights stay on, it will be easy to
find on the bottom. :-)

They are putting them in fleet vehicle's and traffic lights on the East
Coast.

They have been around for six or more years and are now making it into more
and more products.

Maybe if you didn't use AOL you would be able to see the real Internet with
out being censored.

"amps", not "amps per hour".


wrote in message oups.com...
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Bright Idea!


We started down an aisle on the mezzanine level of the Seattle Boat
Show, and noticed some extremely vivid lighting from seventy or eight
feet away. The lights proved to be part of a display at the Miller &
Miller Boatyard booth, and even in the relatively well lit environment
of the boat show the illumination was dramatically apparent.

Peg Miller introduced us to a new product called Lopolight. Lopolight
is built in Denmark, and relies on a group of small light emitting
diodes, rather than a single bulb, for illumination. The obvious result
is a much brighter light that is said to use only about 10- 20% of the
current required for a standard DC lamp.

Lopolights are built into rugged aluminum housings, and the
manufacturer claims that the cases are strong enough to be used as foot
steps. When each Lopolight is assembled, the case is then filled with
epoxy to create an waterproof seal that has been tested at depths of 90
meters. The fully sealed component never needs to be opened for bulb
replacement, as the LED's are rated with an average life expectancy
of 50,000 hours. (50,000 hours would provide light for eight hours per
day, every day, for about seventeen years).

Peg informed us that while many 12-volt incandescent bulbs will draw 3
amps per hour, a Lopolight produces many more lumens while consuming as
little as 0.3 amps per hour, or about 1/10 the battery drain.

Lopolights are available in colors and shapes appropriate for running
lights, stern lights, masthead lights, anchor lights, combination bow
lights, and even cabin and deck lights. They should be attractive to
almost anyone looking for substantially brighter light and far less
energy consumption.

The downside, according to Peg Miller, may be the initial cost.
"These lights are no cheap date," said Peg, "but in many
applications they make sense over time. Take a masthead light for
example. It's certainly not cheap to hire a rigger to go up the mast
to replace a masthead light, even if the bulb itself is only a few
dollars. Replacing a traditional masthead bulb twice will cost about
what the Lopolight does, and the Lopolight should never require any
maintenance."

Lopolight appears to be a promising product that should be of interest
to safety minded boaters cognizant of the value of being well visible
after dark as well as to boaters concerned with lower power consumption
and exceptional durability.

For additional information on Lopolight, contact Miller and Miller
Boatyard at 206-285-5958 or by email:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:07:49 -0800, "Chuck Tribolet"
wrote:

"amps", not "amps per hour".


Though not generally used...

Why not? .... since this was mentioned in terms of battery life.... I
assumed that it relates back to Amp(ere)/Hours a term used in
describing the capacity of a battery.


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Peg informed us that while many 12-volt incandescent bulbs will
draw 3
amps per hour, a Lopolight produces many more lumens while
consuming as
little as 0.3 amps per hour, or about 1/10 the battery drain.


snips
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Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where
Southport,NC is located.
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide

The unit for current is Amps. The unit for battery capacity is
amp-hours, or how many amps the battery will supply for how many hours.
I know of nothing that is measured in amps/hour (Some integrated
circuit parameters are measured in milliamps/nanosecond but that is a
different subject). Perhaps some folks us amps as short for amp-hours,
then current draw becomes "amps" per hour.

del cecchi