LED Light Help

[JoLin]

Re: LED Light Help

That's where I got mine too. Very happy with them so far. I think they were about $1.25 each.

Same here (superbrightleds). Repleced the cabin and cockpit lighting on my Chris*Craft with them last year and was very satisfied. Their website is really great in supplying pics and measurements.

 

[DJ]

Re: LED Light Help

Be aware!

LED's do not act like regular light bulbs, especialy for navigation. Incandescent (regular) bulbs look white but they emit the full light spectrum: ROY G BIV. (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet).

If you put a white LED behind a green/red lens, it will NOT appear as green/red. It will show white.

If you are looking at replacing bow lights, you need the appropriate (red/green) LED's to show those colors. The colors (red/green) are OK behind the appropriate red/green lens.

Nav. (anchor) light white is OK.

 

[JoLin]

Re: LED Light Help

Be aware!

LED's do not act like regular light bulbs, especialy for navigation. Incandescent (regular) bulbs look white but they emit the full light spectrum: ROY G BIV. (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet).

If you put a white LED behind a green/red lens, it will NOT appear as green/red. It will show white.

If you are looking at replacing bow lights, you need the appropriate (red/green) LED's to show those colors. The colors (red/green) are OK behind the appropriate red/green lens.

Nav. (anchor) light white is OK.

Good point. I never saw the point in replacing nav lights with LED's. Power consumption isn't an issue- they only operate when the boat is underway/motor running. LED's seem like a needless expense in that application.

My .02

 

[dbkerley]

Re: LED Light Help

Even when power consumption isn't the issue, you could be more visible without increasing your power draw.

 

[JoLin]

Re: LED Light Help

Even when power consumption isn't the issue, you could be more visible without increasing your power draw.

Marine rated nav lights are built to a visibility standard (either 1 or 2 miles, can't recall which). Incandescent vs. LED makes no difference. One will be as visible as the other.

My .02