Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > > Bob Denton wrote: > > > > I tested my converted LED beacon up to 1/2 mile and I could probably get > > more! It's good for a week on 4 AAs. > > > > cya > > I am on 2 weeks now with 14,000 red led and 2 AAs following your design > Bob. may not be a great beacon being red, but it looks like an hot > ember in my fireplace. It would be good if these lights would be bright enough to be seen. I was talking to a friend who led a Halloween night circumnavigation of Manhattan. He said that he had to change batteries on the lights of some of the boats as much as three times during the trip as they either gave out or dimmed to uselessness. He did have enough lights because later on a skipper of one cruise vessel came up to him to compliment him on having his group so well lighted and visible. That last point is the ultimate test. Whatever you do with the LEDs, test them at some distance with some friendly motorboater cooperating on length of visibility. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 05 1999 - 20:11:31 PST
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