The bulb cost $6, and is rated at 25 milliamps (0.025 amps). The incandescent it replaced uses 1.5 amps, confirmed using the battery monitor. That's 98% less electricity from the battery bank!
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I like it because it is very dim and just throws off enough light to see at night without destroying night vision. The fixtures on the boat have two switches: one controls the middle bulb, the other turns on the outside bulbs in unison. I will probably leave this one LED on all the time (even when sleeping), as it doesn't even register on the battery monitor. No more getting on the boat in the dark, or stumbling to goto the bathroom at night.
I removed most of my LEDs because the bright white light tired my eyes very quickly and made reading a chore.
ReplyDeleteYou may want to keep the incandescent in there for a while as your 'night life' light and use the LEDs as courtesy lights.
Agreed, just going to replace this one LED bulb for getting on the boat at night.
DeleteThe salon has 6 of these light fixtures and two reading lamps on the forward bulkhead.