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You've considered running the genset (noisy) more, another solar panel (somewhat pricey), or are maybe even ponying up the benjamins for a wind generator (very pricey and somewhat noisy). It's not as though you need a lot of power you tell yourself. All you want to achieve is more time cruising and less time at the dock or running the genset. Before you jump in, I have a more cost effective solution for you. Enter the boat LED fasadskylt.

LED is an acronym for Light Emitting Diode. They are an electronic device that generates light and the technology has finally matured enough to make them bright enough, the right color (early white ones were very bluish in their light emission), extremely energy efficient, and quite long lived.

The intensity of light from LEDs fasadskylt is now surpassing incandescent and halogen bulbs.

The colors available are varied but they can now be had in a color referred to as "warm white". This is a reference to the light color, which tends to be a warmer golden color, rather than the old blue white.

Energy consumption is frequently measured in milliamps. At 12 volts, a 1.3w LED cluster is drawing approximately 110ma. Figure fasadskylt the average CFL bulb draws about ten times that amount but the LED is generally free of or contains very minimal amounts of mercury (look for an RoHS certification).

Expected service life is even more interesting. A decent LED should have a minimum service life of 50,000 hours. If you left the light on that translates to almost eight and a half years on constant duty. This means it will be ultra rare that they will need changing. This is especially nice if you have to climb to replace them.