LED Nav Lights

sparerooms said:
Anyone used these?
What are your thoughts?
Found it on ebay £125.00

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I've had one for the past year. It was fitted by an electrician as part of an insurance claim. The combined version requires a three way switch.

I haven't needed to use it at night but it's the only tricolour light that I've had that can be seen lit in sunshine. They are bright.
 
Yes LEd is certainly the way to go. However depending on your sailing style and places yopu might sail at night, deck level nav lights might be a safer option. A mast top nav light might be seen better from a large ship but for traffic in a confined area with smaller boats another skipper will always be looking at water level for boats while a mast top light might be lost in street lights etc. So I do races at night on the Swan River a wide estuary but mostly surrounded by suburbia. I am convinced that deck level nav lights are far more quickly spotted than mast top nav lights. Must not be shaded by genoa of course. Lights mounted on the cabin side are far easier for repairs and maintenance. good luck olewill
 
William_H said:
Yes LEd is certainly the way to go. However depending on your sailing style and places yopu might sail at night, deck level nav lights might be a safer option. A mast top nav light might be seen better from a large ship but for traffic in a confined area with smaller boats another skipper will always be looking at water level for boats while a mast top light might be lost in street lights etc. So I do races at night on the Swan River a wide estuary but mostly surrounded by suburbia. I am convinced that deck level nav lights are far more quickly spotted than mast top nav lights. Must not be shaded by genoa of course. Lights mounted on the cabin side are far easier for repairs and maintenance. good luck olewill
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Yes I know what you mean, but not too much background clutter around the Cornish coast.
 
Anybody know what the "stalk" is for on the Supernova. Is it to avoid the light being masked by the masthead plate when heeled (although I can't think how).

It would be better (for me) to mount it flat.

I am still working on the red over red and I can obtain a combi with all round white and all round red. Pictures will be shown when ready (and the rain stops).
 
Fitted the seperate ones to my boat in 2009 but never used in anger.

Tricolour failed 3 times each time I replaced several of the leds. Last year my anchor failed so sent back to NASA for then to tell me why it had failed. They offered to repair and fit a "voltage stabilizer" but cost to return it was more than buying LED bulbs for my old Aqua signal combined that the NASA replaced so I an going back to the Aqua signal with led bulbs so I am not very happy with NASA as I think the original design had an inherent fault but NASA do not admit.
 
Dipper said:
it's the only tricolour light that I've had that can be seen lit in sunshine. They are bright.
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My Bebi lights are clearly visible in daylight as well - but there's no point recommending them any more as the Tongan government has driven them out of business :(

Pete
 
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