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14 July 2010, 00:33
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Country: Ireland
Town: Cork
Boat name: Spare Rib
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Length: 8m +
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LED Lighting for a rib
Trying to track down LED nav lights and stern light for my rib. Finding them to be very expensive. Having real difficulty tracing a good stern light, does'nt need to be LED. Anyone got any ideas ?
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14 July 2010, 01:38
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
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I had Aquasignal lights on my Humber, which seemed ok. All the LED ones seem to be stupidly expensive, not really sure why. I just had the normal bulb ones and they were fairly bright, apart from the need to change the odd bulb I'm not really sure what the point is of LED ones for several times the price.
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14 July 2010, 07:47
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Oban (mostly)
Make: Ribcraft, Humber,BWM
Length: 5m +
Engine: Outboards
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dock
Trying to track down LED nav lights and stern light for my rib. Finding them to be very expensive. Having real difficulty tracing a good stern light, does'nt need to be LED. Anyone got any ideas ?
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Try all round white?
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14 July 2010, 15:36
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
apart from the need to change the odd bulb I'm not really sure what the point is of LED ones for several times the price.
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Well, the need to change the odd bulb, for one.
Lower current draw is another factor. Nice if you have lights on while not running the motor for long periods.
I have no idea why the LED's are so much more expensive. I assume it's trying to reclaim R&D and certification costs, but it sure seems like it's pretty straightforward prrice gouging...
jky
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14 July 2010, 17:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucestershire
Boat name: Osprey
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: E-tec 300 G2
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Fit normal ones then upgrade the bulbs to LED bulbs.
ebay
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14 July 2010, 23:23
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jyasaki
Well, the need to change the odd bulb, for one.
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One screw, 5 minutes 
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15 July 2010, 07:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: Rutland
Length: no boat
Join Date: May 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BogMonster
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Don't worry I think you're about average 
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15 July 2010, 08:27
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Certainly on a race boat we were forever replacing bulbs as the constant pounding used to break the filaments - LEDs solved that for us!
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When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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15 July 2010, 11:43
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bedajim
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