Technical Summary

(See also Technical Detail page.)

Our marine lights are designed to be as bright or brighter than an old fashioned incandescent light bulb while using a small fraction of the power and increasing reliability and functionality. The navigation lights are designed to be simple drop in retro fits into existing fixtures.

We achieve this by the use of the newest Light Emitting Diode technology combined with cutting edge design in the circuits that supply power to the LEDs (the "drivers").

Our FirstStar series of navigation lights use our proprietary MKIII variable pulse width driver which saves energy by turning the LEDs on and off very fast, so to the eye they look "on" all the time but save energy because they really are only on some of the time. The result is the worlds most efficient nav light of normal brightness, whether it is a LED light or an incandescent bulb type. Our FirstStar MKIII can use as little as 1/60th the power of a 'normal' anchor light! This can save as much energy as a 50-60 watt solar panel makes on average, so that energy can be used for something else, and you also save on solar panels and batterys.

Our cabin lights can use either a VPW driver (for smaller focused beam bunk or task lights) or a DC-DC converter type, which gives the most light over a wide area per watt for true general area illumination, lighting up every nook and cranny with bright cheerful light! Our cabin lights are also the most cost effective, lumens per watt per dollar.

Our LED drivers also incorporate a very robust type of surge and spike suppression, giving them much superior reliability.

Our goal is always superior performance and reliability for a cost effective price.

For a more detailed explanation of Light Emitting Diode technology and related issues, see the full version of our tech page.