At 12:04 PM 1/22/99 -0600, you wrote: >I modified a Pelican clip on headlight (2AA) to use a green LED as a light >source. It is intended as a skulking light as well as a long lasting >flashlight. I found the LED at Radio Shack, the light gives enough >illumination to see for walking in the woods and on the rocks of the North >Shore of Lake Superior. I observed that the LED was quite visible for >several hundred yards as an unnaturally bright and small green dot. >Multiple LEDs would work well as a signal marker, see the flashing LED bike >lights for an example, a single LED is not likely to give off enough light >to be useful as a safety signal. > >Dana Dickson Hi Dana, I think the newer, more powerful LEDs have great potential as kayak "running lights". I don't think I'd want a single green LED as people might think this was my starboard running light. And though the rules differ for inland and open ocean waters, I think many people would interpret a rapid flashing light as a distress signal (and a slow flashing light as a buoy:-) Philip T. N49°16' W123°08' "The opinions expressed in this posting are not necessarily those of my employer, or indeed, of any sentient being." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 10:44:10 PST
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