New: LED lamp or into the United States Navy ship

U.S. defense news website reported on September 1st, there is little more than a fluorescent lamp on the U.S. Navy ship. They are almost everywhere - including the deck, the familiar, sometimes flickering white light. As a lighting device installed at the head of every sailor, they can make a buzzing sound that is too big to sleep.

However, if a new generation of light emitting diode (LED) lighting manufacturers do, fluorescent lamp classic will soon disappear, like the telegraph transmission tube and the engine room.

Eric Hilliard, President of LED, an energy focal company specializing in LED technology, said: "the navy has a need, not only to save more energy, but also to learn more about it. They have been using a very outdated technology - T12 lighting ballast technology. They also need maintenance. "

T12 fluorescent lamp is the most common model, 1.5 inches in diameter. Ballast is a device for limiting current in a fixed lighting device.

Reported that energy focal company found business opportunities.

Hilliard said: from the company's point of view, this is a good opportunity for a small business. When the market is dominated by large companies, it is difficult to compete on a large scale. This is a niche market. "

Taking into account the safety of the sea, the new LED products must be durable and easy.

Hilliard explained: "our idea was to take out the bulbs and put them into the LED bulb. Lighting ballasts and starters will be identified as fluorescent bulbs or LED bulbs. We have to follow the specifications. There was no such thing. So we have to create this kind of bulb and make the Navy believe it's safe. "

Energy focal company began working with the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Navy Marine Systems Command to develop LED lighting devices and bulbs in line with naval vessels.

The company designed and manufactured the 4 basic products: two feet, LED lamps can be installed in the cargo, ammunition and cargo ladder busy area is not the same size bulb, explosion-proof bulbs in a munitions cabinet and a gas turbine, and the bedside lamp is equipped with USB interface device.

Reported that the market demand considerable. A typical Arleigh Burke class destroyers of single, double and three tube lighting device 281 bedside lamp, 201 large and 50 small lamp bulb, 19 explosion-proof lamp and at least 3682 two foot bulb.

The larger the size of the ship, the more the number of bulbs needed. For example, the cruiser requires about 6000 feet of two lamps.

Obstacles include devices that need to be fixed with a light bulb and a bracket, but the company has a "smart" two foot bulb that can be put into an existing lighting device.

Reported that the price is still questionable. Defense defense procurement system in a T12 bulb price of about $4.

Energy focal company sold to the defense logistics agency of each two foot LED lamp price is $145, plus $13 shipping costs, the cost of each lamp is $158.

But the U.S. Navy expects a service life of at least 35 years of destroyers, will be within 10 years to recover the cost of installing LED lighting devices.

"It is anticipated that there will be an additional benefit of reduced maintenance and replacement costs," the Navy's Marine Systems Command said in a statement. "

Navy Marine Systems Command wrote: "reducing energy and fuel consumption and reducing maintenance and replacement costs are the main drivers of the installation of LED lighting. 5 to 10 times longer than the life of fluorescent lamp and incandescent lamp LED lamp, also can save 50% to 80% energy. "

Energy focal company business development manager Dave Biena said that since September 2010 the first batch of approved equipment, nearly 200 ships installed LED lighting device and lighting at least some models of the energy produced by focal company.

He said: "we estimate that each ship on the LED bulb life of 10 years. Replacement frequency may be a few decades. "

Reported that the Naval Ocean Systems Command seems very satisfied. The command wrote in a statement: "in the installation (" Preble "and" Chafee "destroyer) LED lights on in full compliance with the standards, including shock and vibration performance. From 2011, the LED lamps installed on these ships are in good performance and meet all requirements. "

The first specifies the fully installed LED lighting device of new ships is Mississippi Pascal Gura Ingalls shipyard is building the USS Paul Ignatius. Navy Marine Systems Command wrote that after all of the "Burke" class destroyers will install LED lighting.

At the Pearl Harbor "Preble" destroyer chief engineer Stephen Oberwi said that improved LED lighting is not always very simple.

However, he wrote in an e-mail in August 25th, "they are much brighter than fluorescent lamps. The LED lamp has a longer life span, which helps to save money, but more importantly, reduces the time spent on manual replacement of all ship lighting devices. "

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