LED Anchor Light
 

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.

LED Anchor Light
 

On 2 Feb 2006 17:49:11 -0800, 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.

What are you going to do with all of those left over resistors?

:-)

LED Anchor Light
 

Add em to my collection of weird objects.

LED Anchor Light
 

This light appears to be well made with a top and base about 1/4" thick
Aluminum. It has a SINGLE LED and associated electronics that
supposedly enables it to run at max brightness at volts of 8-46 V.

LED Anchor Light
 

LED Anchor Light
 

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

LED Anchor Light
 

Speaking of homemade lights,

There was some discussion here last spring about my el cheapo homemade
spreader light. It's a 12 bucks for the pair fog light from VIP
although I had to pay another five bucks to have a hole drilled in the
lens (I learned in the process that I easily could have done it myself
but the drill bit would have cost six bucks). It works great, is
brighter than I need, and smaller and more compact than anything else
I could find.

The discussion was about the fact that it's ground is connected to the
case and thus the mast. I hooked up the old return wire to it so that
the mast and rigging aren't actually carrying any of the light's load,
only any slight differential. For something that is only on
infrequently and briefly, this seems acceptable.

If I was racing or doing a lot of night sailing where the light was
critical and going to be on for long periods, I would have paid for a
marine spreader light but this has worked out very well. It will be
starting to rust by the end of this season but I have the other one
from the pair in the basement.

I paid 40 bucks for a masthead light that isn't nearly as well made or
complex except that the little tube stanchion is stainless.

--

Roger Long

LED Anchor Light
 

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:56:26 -0500, Larry wrote:

homemade anchor light atop the mizzenmast.....a Home
Depot, solar-recharged, LED walkway light, the kind you put up a sidewalk
in front of your house.

That's creative. Was the brightness insufficient?

LED Anchor Light
 

I bought a Home Depot (OK, Wal Mart) solar powered walkway light and
thought it was waaaay too dim.

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.

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wrote in message
ps.com...
I bought a Home Depot (OK, Wal Mart) solar powered walkway light and
thought it was waaaay too dim.

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.


The ones I saw that pass the USCG requirements (visible at night for 2
miles) had only three LEDs, but they were mounted in a Fresnel lens cover.

RCE

LED Anchor Light
 

Anybody tried the Bebi elctronics anchor lights?
Gordon

"RCE" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
ps.com...
I bought a Home Depot (OK, Wal Mart) solar powered walkway light and
thought it was waaaay too dim.

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.


The ones I saw that pass the USCG requirements (visible at night for 2
miles) had only three LEDs, but they were mounted in a Fresnel lens cover.

RCE

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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.

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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.

LED Anchor Light
 

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
...
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.

LED Anchor Light
 

Look at Bebi Electronics, They have one ready to hang.
Gordon


"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
news:YDYEf.319488$tl.237592@pd7tw3no...
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
...
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.

LED Anchor Light
 

You might try some adaptation of this:

http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_hydro.html

Couple it with the boat rocking.


"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
news:YDYEf.319488$tl.237592@pd7tw3no...
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
...
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.

LED Anchor Light
 

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;

LED Anchor Light
 

"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in
news:YDYEf.319488$tl.237592@pd7tw3no:

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.


Problem solved.....

http://www.sailgb.com/p/anchor_light_6inch/

Draws no power...runs 30 hours on a "charge"

Haul it up on a halyard....

LED Anchor Light
 

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:34:05 -0500, Larry wrote:

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;

None has ever had the need to do that I'm sure...

The only thing funnier to watch is a club launch with about 20 people
on it coming back from a party that suddenly realize that their anchor
light looks just like all the others. Oops.

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Wayne.B wrote in
:

The only thing funnier to watch is a club launch with about 20 people
on it coming back from a party that suddenly realize that their anchor
light looks just like all the others. Oops.



Those coming back from the party are lucky if they can SEE anchor lights,
at all, around here. Just getting them in a launch is lots of fun!

I used to drive a 50' Navy utility boat back and forth from the anchored-
out ship to Fleet Landing all night...full of drunks...fighting drunks...

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, too!

LED Anchor Light
 

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:41:07 -0500, Larry wrote:

"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in
news:YDYEf.319488$tl.237592@pd7tw3no:

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.

Problem solved.....

http://www.sailgb.com/p/anchor_light_6inch/

Draws no power...runs 30 hours on a "charge"

Haul it up on a halyard....

Have you actually tried it? We tried a couple of oil lamps last
summer. They wouldn't stay lit in the slightest breath of wind.

Matt O.

LED Anchor Light
 

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.




---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Spamson" is a working e'addy (:-)

Capt Spammy

LED Anchor Light
 

Matt O'Toole wrote in
g:

Have you actually tried it? We tried a couple of oil lamps last
summer. They wouldn't stay lit in the slightest breath of wind.



We hauled a Weems & Plath yacht lamp up the mast a few times. It rained,
one time, and broke the glass chimney.

I'd have thought the actually anchor light, with the Fresnel Lens, would be
designed better than the cheap yacht lamp with the $100 price tag.

LED Anchor Light
 

Gordon;

I bought a Bebi anchor light and will install it in the spring. Really
quick shipment, good email support on questions I had. Drop me a note
in 90 days and I'll let you know how hard it was to install. The mast
is up so it will be done working from a chair.

Ed

Being There
Pearson 33-2 36
out of Marion, MA

Gordon wrote:
Anybody tried the Bebi elctronics anchor lights?
Gordon

"RCE" wrote in message
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LED Anchor Light
 

Thanks Gordon. Looks interesting.

Glenn.

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
Look at Bebi Electronics, They have one ready to hang.
Gordon


"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
news:YDYEf.319488$tl.237592@pd7tw3no...
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
...
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.