Hi everyone, Along the same lines, I was looking for replacement bulbs for a Mag Light Brand flashlight at my local building supply store and they had replacement LEDs as well as regular bulbs. The LEDs were about $20. I have a pair of LED lights a little smaller than a match box that can clip to my glasses or the bill of a cap. They were around $10. My wire frame glasses are a little too light weight to use them but the cap works well. My wife recently brought home a sample promotional product that hooks over your ear like a telephone headset, but where the mic would be there is an LED. Both of these designs are great in the dark. She said her boss attended the big promo show in Las Vegas and one of the "hot products" for this year are baseball caps with built in LEDs. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY Hello M-Boaters,
I attended the Chicago Strictly Sail event last weekend and came away with a few tidbits. One of which being a small 6 LED festoon style lamp to experiment with. I'm always looking for ways to reduce battery current draw aboard and recent advancements in LED brightness certainly lends itself well to us boaters. Digging in the junk parts bin, I located a cigarette lighter plug from an old cell phone, and a fuse holder. I wired and mounted the LED package to the lighter plug and added a switch. The six LED package is amazingly bright and draws 42ma which translates to .53 watts. I tried attaching a few pics, but this message got kicked back due to
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A new boat that caught my eye at the show is the Harbor 25. Nicely thought out with the large cockpit and inboard saildrive. Also attended a seminar on the North Channel, lovely slide show and area information.
Later, stay warm all!
Bones