LED Lighting for a brighter future!

An interesting article about the increasing trend of in LED lighting on boats, yachts, and other marine vehicles. Many boaters really on batteries to keep the lighting on when moored. LEDs reduce power draw by up to 85%, so its easy to see why  it makes sense to replace halogens with LEDs! [credit Power and MotorYacht magazine] An experienced boater realizes the benefits of retrofitting his 27-year-old boat with LED lighting. When you hear the term “LED lights,” your first vision may be a plethora of bright white, blue, and other-colored lights illuminating the outside of a boat and even the water beneath the hull. Like a scene out of a science-fiction movie, eh? But there is a practical side to Light-Emitting Diodes or LEDs that makes them attractive for use in a boat’s interior. This spring Will Keene, president of marine equipment manufacturer Edson International ( www.edsonmarine.com ) in New Bedford, Massachusetts, upgraded the lights on his 1985 Grand Banks 42, and

Heres an interesting article about the history of LEDs, by the BBC: The light-emitting diode has brightened our lives for half a century - from lighting up the city streets at night, to decorating Christmas trees each December. The LED started life in October 1962, as a single red illumination in a General Electric research lab in New York state. Now - as one of the world's biggest retailers, Ikea, announces that by 2016 the only lighting products it will sell will be LED-based ones - Prof Nick Holonyak Jr from the University of Illinois, takes a look back at how it all began with his invention of the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode. See the BBC video here:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19886534 Shuttla www.novelenergylighting.com