Regular readers of On Board will know that I am very keen on LED lighting for a ton of reasons; the low power consumption, the fact that you never need to change a bulb and the small overall size of the fitting.
These courtesy lights look perfect for stairways and other low level applications and although I don't have anywhere to fit these lights right now I will probably install them on my next boat to light up the stairway at night. Interestingly they are available in Red, White and Blue, the latter color has recently been found by the navy to be better for preserving night vision than red which was always thought to be the best color. Having tried blue lights on the chart table I can confirm that my purely unscientific tests do seem to indeed show this to be the case.
These Hella 8560 Series Courtesy Lamps from Hella marine retail for around $25.99, weigh next to nothing and have overall dimensions of 1.7" Long x 1.2" Wide x 0.8" Deep. Hella tells me that they consume less than half an amp at 12 volts but my tests confirm that it is actually slightly less than this nearer .4 amps. I'll bring you a few more pictures of the blue lamps just as soon as I have them fitted into the boat.
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