Welcoming all input for this problem...
My Department recent purchased a 29' SAFE boat for our newly formed Marine Patrol. (for reference, its like the Coast Guard small boats, just bigger)
Anyways, it came from SAFE boats production facility with a Federal Signal LPX 24" lightbar in all blue. While the light output is great from the bar, we've noticed that due to its mounting position, the tow line and reel blocks the blue light being seen from the stern of our boat.
The solution is to install some surface mounts on the back of the cabin to project blue light to the stern of the boat. I am however torn on either using the Fusion 40 or 180 for this. Given that a boat is always dynamically moving up, down, pitching an rolling...the optical angle is constantly changing.
The 40's pack a super bright punch from a distance, but we all know that going a little off axis outside of the 40 and they loose their intensity.
The 180's cover the widest spectrum, but from what I've seen on You Tube, they can loose significant punch in bright sunlight, which we will have a ton of on the water.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!
My Department recent purchased a 29' SAFE boat for our newly formed Marine Patrol. (for reference, its like the Coast Guard small boats, just bigger)
Anyways, it came from SAFE boats production facility with a Federal Signal LPX 24" lightbar in all blue. While the light output is great from the bar, we've noticed that due to its mounting position, the tow line and reel blocks the blue light being seen from the stern of our boat.
The solution is to install some surface mounts on the back of the cabin to project blue light to the stern of the boat. I am however torn on either using the Fusion 40 or 180 for this. Given that a boat is always dynamically moving up, down, pitching an rolling...the optical angle is constantly changing.
The 40's pack a super bright punch from a distance, but we all know that going a little off axis outside of the 40 and they loose their intensity.
The 180's cover the widest spectrum, but from what I've seen on You Tube, they can loose significant punch in bright sunlight, which we will have a ton of on the water.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!