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Explosion Proof Lights:
Our line of explosion proof lights and explosion
proof LED lights represent the best in high quality explosion proof
lighting technology.
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LED Lights:
We carry an extensived line of LED lights
including LED light bars, explosion proof LEDs, LED lights for military
applications, boats, vehicles, security lighting and more.
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Infrared LED Lights:
Infrared LED light emitters for covert
applications. Magnalight Infrared LED emitters are ideal for military and
security applications where a covert source of infrared light is
needed.
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Golight Spotlights:
We carry the full line of Golight remote
controlled spotlights and related accessories. Magnalight is the only source for
the Golight Stryker Remote Control Spotlight with magnetic base.
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Hunting Spotlights:
Magnalight stocks a comprehensive line of
hunting lights and related accessories. Our hunting lights include rechargeable
handheld LED spotlights and HID spotlights with red lenses.
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Military Spotlights:
Our HML series of spotlights have been tested
and approved for use by the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force and are part of
the military’s Special Forces' Escalation of Force Kits.
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24 Volt Lights:
Magnalight manufactures and stocks an
extensive line of 24 volt
lighting equipment that ranges from 12/24 volt spotlights and floodlights to
multimillion candlepower searchlights and industrial grade work
lights.
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Magnalite or Magnalight
Larson Electronics Magnalight
Larson Electronics’ Magnalight is a
manufacturer and distributor of industrial-commercial grade lighting products.
Magnalight carries an extensive line of lighting products including explosion proof lights, hazardous location lights, explosion proof paint spray booth lights, high power LED lights, remote control HID Golight spotlights, LED flashlights,
military spotlights, infrared LEDs, LED
boat lights and industrial light towers. Magnalight also
manufactures and distributes a wide range of HID high power spotlights and HID flashlights that are ideal for
use as military spotlights
and law enforcement searchlights as well as effective for use in the utility and emergency services
industries.
Magnalight products that are
particularly well suited to military and law enforcement applications include
police flashlights,
police lights, unity post mount spotlights, unity roof mount lights, remote control Golight spotlights, remote control spotlights with magnetic bases, rechargeable spotlights,
rechargeable flashlights, led flashlights, high
intensity discharge military spotlights with magnetic
bases and magnetic tripods for
flashlights and spotlights. Magnalight manufactures and carries an extensive
line of military spotlights, floodlights, and military
grade lighting accessories and equipment.
Many of Magnalights lighting
products can serve equally well in the public and private sector as hunting spotlights, boating spotlights, camping lights,
off-road and ATV lights, and infared security lights; this includes a wide array of LED lights and LED light bars that
can operate on a variety of voltages ranging from 9 to 42 VDC and can be mounted
on cars, trucks, boats and
heavy equipment.
Magnalight is a large distributor
of the Golight line of remote controlled spotlights and stocks
a comprehensive variety of HID or high intensity discharge Golights, Golight marine spotlights and searchlights, Golight floodlights,
military Golights and
a wide array of camouflage Golights for hunting and
off-road use. Magnalight is the only source for the Golight Stryker Remote Control Spotlight with magnetic
base and offers a wide variety of mounting
options for both the Golight Stryker and
Golight RadioRay series of spotlights.
Magnalight develops and stocks a wide
range of explosion proof lights and products as well as intrinsically safe lights and
intrinsically safe LED lights. Magnalight’s explosion proof line of lights carry the required
explosion proof certifications and approvals and are U.L. certified for use in
hazardous locations according to their respective class, division and zone
ratings. Magnalights hazardous location lighting includes explosion proof fluorescent lights
for paint spray booths, Class 1 Div 1 flashlights and intrinsically safe lights, portable and cart mounted tank lights, explosion proof droplights,
explosion proof LED lights and intrinsically safe flashlights.
Magnalight regularly develops and
manufactures new additions to its line of explosion proof lighting and industrial grade lighting products and is proud to offer the latest
in explosion proof LED lighting and explosion proof paint spray booth lighting. Magnalight also manufactures a wide array of military and
law enforcement related accessories including the concealable, back up universal handcuff key (plastic handcuff key)
used by Air Force pilots, Navy SPAWAR, Navy Seals and Special Operations
military personnel to effect escape in hostage or prisoner
situations.
If you have any questions or special
requirements regarding any of our industrial grade lighting solutions please
contact us by E-mail at
sales@magnalight.com You
can also call us toll free at 1-800-369-6671. Purchase orders
can be faxed to us at 903-498-3364 Magnalight can provide
detailed technical information regarding any of its products and is capable of
working with customers to create unique lighting solutions to suit their needs
and requirements.
Larson Electronics
Larson Electronics manufactures the
Magnalight 12 volt spotlights with magnetic base and 12 volt searchlights with magnetic base with magnetic bases and 16 foot cords in Dallas, TX. These
industrial grade 12 volt spotlights
have been a staple of the cable, telephone and electric utility industry since
1967. Magnalight has since its beginnings expanded this to include the military/law enforcement
industries, federal and local governments, and emergency and first responder industries as well.
We carry a complete line of
HID off road and HID
equipment lights, including the Acro Light line.
HID flood lights with
permanent and magnetic mount options work on 12 and 24 volt DC systems and
provide illumination that extends 250 feet. The permanent mount and magnetic
mount HID spotlights project a beam to 3000 feet.
Larson Electronics Magnalight is a
manufacturer and as such we maintain a large available inventory of our magnetic
mount spotlights, HID spotlights. HID flashlights and
the Golight Stryker and Golight Radioray remote controlled spotlights, battery
operated flashing strobe lights, LED flashlights and
LED headlamps. Because of our extensive inventory and "make to order" capacity,
nearly all orders for spotlights and flashlights received before 4 PM CT are
shipped same day via UPS.
Many of our professional grade
spotlights and flashlights make excellent gifts for him or gifts for men. Remote
controlled spotlights with magnetic base, military spotlights, handheld
spotlights, vehicle mount spotlights, rechargeable spotlights, rechargeable flashlights, hunting spotlights, hunting searchlights
and state of the art hid flashlights all
make fine christmas gifts for men, and are sure to please even the most
discriminating friends and family.
Larson Electronics' Magnalight can also
be viewed in these languages - Arabic Spanish Japanese Italian Portuguese Russian French.
Contact us at sales@magnalight
.com or call us toll free at 1-800-369-6671 for mor
information regarding any of our products. Purchase orders can be faxed to us at
903-498-3364 Magnalight can provide detailed technical
information regarding any of its products and is capable of working with
customers to create unique lighting solutions to suit their needs and
requirements.
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07/26/12 |
If LED Boats Lights Cost More, Why are They a Better Choice?
Article- July 2012 By Magnalight.com
Magnalight LED Light Bar
One of the first complaints you’ll hear when suggesting LED lighting to fellow boaters is that the cost is just too prohibitive. While it’s true that LED equipped boat lighting costs substantially more than traditional incandescent boat lights initially, a fair comparison of their cost effectiveness cannot be based on purchase price alone. The differences between LEDs and incandescent bulbs are profound, and how they perform no less different as well. While an incandescent light provides most of its value through its cheap initial cost and thus cheap replacement costs, measuring the cost effectiveness of LEDs requires you consider a much larger number of factors. In fact, when compared head to head, it becomes quite clear that although LED lighting costs substantially more up front, over the life of the light they provide a far better value.
Incandescent boat lights are cheap and effective. They can meet most onboard lighting needs and require little skill to install and maintain. Their primary drawbacks when used onboard watercraft are their poor efficiency, short operating life, and high heat output. More secondary drawbacks include fragile construction, poor durability, and average light quality. Aside from their affordable purchase price, the prime motivation behind using the incandescent bulb onboard boats has been the lack of an effective alternative. Although boaters have long been familiar with rationing the use of lighting onboard in order to conserve power for more important systems and thus plenty of motivation to improve lighting efficiency, the choices in lighting systems has been very limited. This has changed however with the introduction of the LED and the incorporation of them into marine lighting applications. Now boaters have a practical alternative to the incandescent boat light, and if the explosive growth of the marine LED market is any indicator, many boaters have found this alternative not only acceptable, but effective.
In 2001 LEDs made up only a small portion of the boat lighting market. Most of these offerings were of fairly poor quality and suitable only for low powered applications where light quality and output were not critical concerns. Used as indicator lights or occasionally retrofitted to act as reading lights, most boaters complained of the cold bluish light color produced by LEDs and their poor overall lumen output. However, these first small applications demonstrated quite well the efficiency aspects of LEDs, which in turn helped to fuel interest and increased development of LEDs which could produce high quality illumination of output sufficient for general lighting tasks. The result has been nothing less than an incredible demonstration of just how quickly a technology with strong potential can be developed and improved when there is sufficient interest. In less than ten years LED development has advanced to the point where LEDs not only match incandescent bulbs for output and light quality, but in a majority of cases now exceeds them as well.
By 2002 LEDs were appearing that matched incandescent lamps in lumen per watt output. Philips Lumileds™ produced white LEDs with a luminous efficacy of 18 to 22 lumens per watt, exceeding the 15-17 lumens per watt of the average incandescent bulb. To give an idea of how quickly LED lighting has advanced, by 2006 Cree had introduced a white LED capable of producing 130 lumens per watt. It should be noted that most of these exceptionally high numbers represent prototypes and are not reflective of practical LED output. However, LEDs with slightly lower but no less impressive lumen per watt ratings have grown out of development of these prototypes and are now commonly available. Cree's XLamp XM-L LED’s which became available in 2011 for example, used in higher end lighting equipment like Magnalight’s Extreme Series of LED light bars, produce a real world average of 100 lumens per watt. The upshot of all this is that whereas a boater was once faced with using a halogen incandescent inside of his cabin at a cost of producing only 850 lumens, he can now install a 12 watt LED in its place and produce more lumen output using only a fraction the amount of electrical energy.
Of course, the color quality of the lighting a boater installs is also of great concern. Most people are acclimated to the slightly yellowish “warm white” color of incandescent lighting and prefer it to the sometimes cold and bluish color light that LEDs were once plagued with. As developers improved the efficiency of LEDs, they also sought to improve the perceived color of the light they produced as well. The result has been the development of efficient LEDs than now closely match the soft warm glow of the incandescent without giving up anything in terms of efficiency. Manufacturers of boat lighting have been quick to adopt these high grade LEDs into their fixture designs, and the result has been the explosive growth the LED boat light market.
LEDs do however remain more expensive than incandescent bulbs. While a typical 50 watt halogen boat light may run around 40.00 to 50.00 dollars to purchase, an LED boat light can cost over 150.00 dollars. At first glance this would seem a prohibitive cost increase, but as we mentioned earlier, there are more factors to consider. A halogen boat light will require fairly frequent replacements to maintain operation. While the fixture itself may be reused, the lamp will typically only provide around 2,000 hours of use before needing replacement. An LED light in comparison can be expected to operate in excess of 50,000 hours before it reaches 70% lumen output. You would have to replace the halogen bulb 25 times to achieve the amount of operating life of the LED. Assuming an average of 5.00 per replacement bulb, that adds up to over 600.00 dollars in bulb replacements, a far larger cost than the initial price of the LED.
We cannot however simply measure such direct costs when considering LED boat lights. Since LEDs produce so much more light using less power, boaters can reduce by 75% the amount of electricity onboard lighting consumes, which translates in to lowered fuel consumption and costs. We should also consider the much more durable nature of the LED as well as the reduction in maintenance needs they provide as well. What we end up with is a light that is cheaper to operate in the long run, that reduces the amount of time we spend maintaining our boats’ lighting systems, and thus greater enjoyment of our watercraft.
As can be seen, LEDs offer great potential for savings and improved enjoyment over the life of the fixture that far offset their initially higher price. This is where the true value of LEDs lies for boaters.
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