Life Expectancy

One of the main advantages of LED lighting technology over traditional methods is the l Ocean LED = approx. 40,000 - 60,000 hours ongevity you can expect to see from the product. An LED is essentially an electronic component offering unparalleled reliability with no filaments to break or damage.A typical light bulb can be fragile, have strict installation procedures and get very hot. Some lights have been known to run in the 100’s of degrees, whereas all OceanLED lights run typically less than 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The hotter a light runs the shorter the life.* By contrast Typical life expectancy of bulbs based on optimum conditions is as follows: Halogen = approx. 500 - 1000 hours Xenon = approx. 1000 - 3000 hours H.I.D. = approx. 3000 - 5000 hours

Power Consumption

Halogen technology is grossly in- efficient. Of all the power it con- sumes, only about 5% is used to output light the rest is given off as heat, incandescent bulbs are a ma- jor contributor to global warming. Xenon and HID lamps require huge startup currents to ignite a gas that is inside the bulb. This startup cur- rent can be two or three times as much as the running current and last for up to 20 seconds. Multiply 18 amps of startup current for a 12 volt Xenon light times 4 lights and you have an astronomical surge for your DC power system to handle. After the initial start up surge the Xenon light will reduce its power consumption considerably. How- ever, it will still run at more than twice that of an OceanLED light.OceanLED underwater lights can be run on low or high voltage and consume minimal power, with no startup surge and are totally un- affected by spikes in the electrical system. *Life expectancy figures for Halogen, Xenon and H.I.D. bulbs are given based on optimum conditions by major worldwide bulb manufacturer Philips. According to Osram (www.osram.co.uk), H.I.D lamps need to be run for at least 10 hours at a time to reach their estimated lamp life. The more times they are switched on and off, the shorter the lamp life. In addition, if the bulb is turned back on less than 15 minutes from switching it off, its life is yet again shortened. If the light is only used for:5 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 25%. 2.5 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 45%. 1.25 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 60%! Some facts taken from a Xenon and H.I.D. bulb manufacturer. This last figure would give an H.I.D. a lamp life of only 2400 hours. By half the bulbs life, the H.I.D. and Xenon lamps have lost half their light output. OceanLED lights can be turned on and off for any length of time with no harm to any part of the light, there is no cool down period and no reduction of life expectancy.
The graph below illustrates the expected lifespan of OceanLED compared to current technologies.