Choicesin LED Lighting for Boats
If you're a boat owner, you know that having proper lighting is important. Not just emergency lighting, but lighting for certain times of the day or night and even aesthetic lighting are important. Thanks to the energy savings, size and efficiency of LED's, there are many new choices in LED lights for just about any size or type of boat. Let's look at some of the choices.
Floodlights are a critical emergency lighting option for any boat. With LED floodlights, you can have brighter style in a smaller form factor. Floodlights are often used to light up areas outside the boat and on the water, whether to look for someone or something lost overboard or for signaling purposes, floodlights are always important to have on any boat. There are some companies which now make LED floodlights that are waterproof and are compatible with most popular portable marine battery sources.
Interior boat illumination is also another aspect that LED's are taking to the next level. Now, boat owners can light up the inside of their boat with low energy LED light strips that can light up walkways, hallways and other areas of the boat where it may be dark at night. The lights can be an ambient blue or a more noticeable red or white light, whatever is most appropriate.
Some boat owners use LED options for purely aesthetic reasons. For example, you may have seen boats that are lit up in different colors at night. Some boats even have LED light strips around the outside of the boat, but underneath the water, giving the water that surrounds them a glowing effect.
For more practical uses, LED's are a great way to enhance your portable lighting options. On the bridge of the boat, you are always recommended to have portable flashlights. Now, you can make these lights more cost efficient, more portable and easier to maintain by replacing traditional flashlights with LED based options. Not only are they cheaper over the long run, but they are brighter and smaller.
Last but certainly not least, you can further enhance your boat's lighting by incorporating solar powered LED lighting options. There are many types of solar powered lights, from large floodlights to portable lights. With solar power, you can be thousands of miles away from a store where you can buy batteries, yet still have plenty of light thanks to the power of the sun.