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sensable outdoor solar lighting options? | 14 comments (14 topical, editorial)
Re: sensable outdoor solar lighting options? (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by Ungrounded Lightning Rod on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 03:15:43 PM MST
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Economy of scale.  120V CFLs sell to the consumer house lighting market.  12V sells to the (much smaller) off-grid, RV, and yachting markets.  (Seagoing stuff is pricey because it has to stand a moist and salty environment and meet tougher standards.  Also because much of its target market has (or is perceived to have) deep pockets.)

Saw some interesting stuff at a chandlery last couple weekends:
 - 12V CFL fixtures with the tiny straw-sized tubes, like those used in LCD displays:  Straight, snaked, or embedded in transparent mini-fluorescent tubes of standard form factor.
 - LED arrays and fixtures for area lighting, spot lighting (some with white/red selectability for keeping night adaptation while at the navigation station), as navigation signaling and marker lights, etc.
(Appropriate, since chandleries started out as suppliers of marine lighting consumables - candles and lamp oil - before they evolved into convenience/general stores for sailboats and small powerboats.)

I've seen LED marker lights for trucks and trailers for some time now.  I bet a good truck stop, RV store, or auto-customization supply will have similar 12V living-space lighting fixtures by now.

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Re: sensable outdoor solar lighting options? (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 04:17:31 PM MST
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I saw 12 volt 8 watt lights at Walmart for $7
They run on batteries or a 12 volt supply through a socket on the fixture
The same lights sell for $11 at Home Depot or Lowes

W o o f -={(

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