The Lumishore Underwater LED Lighting Advantage | Recent Major Advances in brightness and efficiency have now ensured LED technology is , rightly, the only choice for underwater lighting systems. The LED is resistant to shock and vibration and has unmatched power density across a wide range of wavelengths.
The inherent long life and low ownership cost provides significant efficiency, practicality and economy over rival technologies The Lumishore technical team have been at the forefront of the LED revolution for over 10 years. They are world-renowned within the LED technology industry and the reason why Lumishore technology is "The Best".
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Longer Life - 50,000 hour lifetimeUnlike Halogen, Xenon or HID, LED technology is 'solid-state' in other words there are no delicate filaments to break. The LED is resilient to shock and vibration, making them ideal for the harsh marine environment. In addition, the inherit long life of the LED means that they will last for over 50,000 hours. Halogen and Xenon will typically last up to 1,000 and 5,000 hours respectively, and usually considerably less.
Vibrant Colours or Instant Colour changeHalogen and Xenon are restricted to single colour white or blue light. By selecting various combinations of wavelengths, Lumishore can produce LED arrays that emit vibrant colours across a wide colour spectrum from red through to blue and also offer the user a combined light unit that can produce up to 16million colour combinations from a single light source. Lumishore technologists know the best wavelengths for underwater use and how to do that efficiently.
Maintenance Free - no bulb changes or serviceable partsOnce installed the Lumishore LED units are fit and forget, there are no serviceable parts to worry about so continued access to the lights is no longer an issue. The units are permanently sealed at the manufacturing stage making them completely resistant to water penetration.
Higher Efficiency - More light for less power and reduced Costs Like a vessels fuel efficiency is measured in miles per gallon, a light source is measured in Lumens per watt - the amount of light it produces for every watt of electricity consumed. The higher LED efficiency means that it produces more light with less drain on the vessels battery banks. Optimising that output is a Lumishore strength --- whilst others quote 'data' lumens with no regard to output efficiency , our skillset enables us to bring you the best
No Colour or Intensity driftDuring general use, as a bulb ages it can subtly change colour and brightness, if a number of devices have been installed and a single bulb fails then the new replacement bulb will look noticeably different to the others. The long life of the Lumishore LED technology ensures that no bulb changes will be required. During the manufacturing process each device is carefully selected so that the colour and intensity falls within tight spefications -- such that we even our have our own part numbers for the LEDs we use. This ensures that each light is not only very bright looks identical in appearance to the next.
No Start up CurrentWhen switched on, Xenon and HID technologies consume very large amounts of current in order to provide sufficient power to arc the bulb thus putting huge strains on the battery. LED technology can be switched on or off instantly and repeatedly with no additional current draw required. However, in order to protect electrical systems, Lumishore uses its own 'soft-start' technologies over the first few seconds of operation to minimise 'instant' system loads and surges in order to protect your boat and lights.
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