What is an LED?

What is Binning?

Millions of LEDs are made every week and some are different than others. They are organized using a 3 part process called Binning. Bin- ning sorts the LEDs according to their light output and the color of the light output. OceanLED only selects LEDs of the highest light output and exact color accuracy to insure each and every light has identical performance and matches the one installed beside it. This selection comes at a premium price but is essential for consistency and quality of which OceanLED prides itself.

Be an educated consumer.

Underwater lighting is fast becoming one of the most sought after effects for boating. There are many companies offering various un- derwater lights using a variety of technologies, with products ranging from quality design and craftsmanship to homemade made units. It is very important to select a good solid company, with a proven track re- cord and approvals such as Lloyds of London to purchase your lights from. Many of these companies are attempting to introduce their first LED underwater lights now that they have acknowledged LED technology does work as proven by ourselves over the past 3 years. Criticism such as overheating, non approval, not bright enough, not fit for purpose, barnacle growth on the lens has all been put as an opposition against LED technology and its critics are being silenced.With our granted patents we are enforcing our rights to the technol-ogy as we were the first. We are proud to be the supplier of many underwater lighting products to some of the largest boat companies in the world. Our aim is to be the #1 choice for all underwater lighting, worldwide. Light emitting diodes, commonly called LEDs, are the real unsung he- roes in the electronics world. In the simplest terms, an LED is made with two different kinds of semicon- ductor material: one type that has too many free electrons roaming around inside, and another type that doesn’t have enough. When an electron from one material (the donor) gets pushed across a thin barrier and gets into tiny spaces in the other (the holes), a pho- ton or particle of light is produced.LEDs have been doing hundreds of different jobs for decades in all kinds of devices and applications. Amongst other things, they form almost every indicator light on any electronic item, transmit information from remote controls, light up car tail lights, they have been used for years to light up Sony LCD TV’s, torches, low level light- ing applications, and to illuminate traffic signal lights to name a few. Now with the recent introduction of the super bright LEDs, applications such as car headlights, street lighting, spot lighting and underwater lighting are all possible.LEDs are perfect for underwater use on boats as they are extremely robust, last for a very long time and use very little energy. All lighting applications in the future will be LED based, the days of the tra- ditional light bulb are numbered.