Buoy lights (marine navigation warning lights)provide lighting and identification for navigation marks, channel signs, and water navigation, with advantages such as energy saving, environmental protection, high reliability, and easy installation.
Due to the lack of electricity at sea, strong winds, and waves, solar buoy lights are widely used and in demand.
Therefore, how to choose an LED/solar buoy light that can adapt to specific application requirements and environmental conditions has become a topic of concern. Today, YFFY will discuss it with you.
Solar Buoy Lights
Solar marine navigation warning lights are a kind of lamps powered by solar energy, which are widely used in waters such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. Because they are equipped with high-quality solar panels, these LED warning lights automatically charge during the day and automatically discharge in the evening to ensure the safety of ships sailing at night.
How To Choose a Suitable Buoy Light?
1) Light intensity & Visible Distance:
When choosing a solar buoy light, choose a lamp with different light intensities suitable for different application scenarios according to the required lighting range and distance.
For example, navigation marks need to have high light intensity and long-distance visibility to ensure that ships can see the signs from a distance. Therefore, 4~8NM solar warning lights are usually required.
2) Durability & Waterproofness:
Since solar lights are often used in aquatic environments when installed on buoys, it’s crucial that the waterproofness and material of the lights can resist the erosion of seawater, lake water, or river water, and can work normally under adverse weather conditions, usually IP68.
3) Anti-rainy Days:
There is no electricity at sea, and cloudy days are common. When choosing solar buoy lights, pay attention to the use time of the solar marine navigation warning lights.
Different powers and styles have different anti-rainy days.
For example, the YFFY-LS-E solar light ocean light can be used for up to 12 days, and the YFFY-LS-S can be used for more than 20 days.
4) Programmable & Remote Control:
Some advanced solar buoy lights can choose GPS synchronous flashing and GPS positioning functions, and can be remotely controlled using remote control.
These functions make the management and maintenance of LED lights more convenient, and parameters such as light brightness, flashing mode, and timer switch can be adjusted as needed. It also fully meets the IALA standard and customizes 256 or even 350 flashing codes.
5) Quality Assurance:
When choosing a buoy warning light, make sure it meets the corresponding safety standards and regulations. Whether it’s pre-sales or after-sales, timely technical support and feedback can be given, and there is a certain warranty period.
For example, YFFY’s LED warning lights, solar warning lights, underwater lights, fountain lights, LED obstacle lights, spike lights, traffic lights, etc. have a 1-3 year warranty and 24-hour online and email technical support services.
In short, when you need solar navigation marks, you can choose from light intensity, visual distance, durability, waterproofness, anti-rainy days, programmable GPS and flashing code, remote control, etc. to ensure that it provides reliable lighting and navigation functions in the waters and contributes to navigation safety.
When purchasing solar buoy lights, it’s recommended to choose a brand with a good reputation and certified products to ensure that its quality and performance meet expectations and obtain long-term and reliable use results.
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