Cutting costs to stay afloat in today’s economy

 

As an Example, an average size Westport Yacht has 200+ traditional light bulbs, which alone can have up to a 60 amp demand with all lights on!   Consider a 20 watt MR16 halogen generates 17,000 BTU’s in just 24hrs. This this ends up resulting in an incredible 3,400,000 BTU's! (Take 1 20 watt halogen bulb times 200. That's a lot of heat generated in twenty four hours.

What is the average life of a bulb?
An average halogen MR16 bulb last approx. 3000hrs. Switching to power-saving LEDs means that any given vessel will more than likely be sold before you have to change an efficient LED marine light.

 

By converting over to LED lighting you can remove up to 50 amps from your lighting demand!

 

So what will reduced power consumption mean to your Vessel? 

 

Since LED lighting produces almost 0 BTU’s in a 24 hour period we have just removed a substantial thermal energy source drain from the boat.

 

How can this benefit you from an Air Conditioning usage standpoint?

Utilizing LED lights would reduce the amount of energy you currently use to run AC systems. As less heat would be generated by using LED lighting, you would require less energy, i.e fuel for generator produced power, and or, electricity from the dock. As your AC would not have to work as hard to cool the vessel, you reduce ware and tear on the system, thus less frequent maintenance calls. As cost of ownership is on most yacht owner minds these days, switching to energy-efficient marine LED yacht lighting is a great way to reduce operating costs. Not to mention this is an excellent way to show you are proactive in finding ways to cut operating cost too your owner.

 

To learn more about swtiching to energy-efficient, LED marine/yachting lights, please contact our dealers, or fill out our information form and we'll be in touch!

 

Some interesting facts:

• You might be able to imagine it this way. Take one gallon (8 pounds) of water and put it on your stove. If the water it 60 degrees F. and you want to bring it to a boil (212 degrees F.) then you will need about 1,200 BTUs to do this.
• 1 watt = 3.41 BTU
• 1 BTU = 1,055.06 kilowatt-hours