Don't know about that brand, but I believe I understood that energy efficiency was much better on the Red LED beacons than the incandesent beacons. As I recall, from a proposal I received a year or so ago, that a reduced power bill for the Red LED beacons was a selling point.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > Hello > > I am selling a customer a 180 foot Rohn SSV tower, it will be located 4 > miles due West of one end of the West runway. The FAA would not give the > total 200 feet of airspace I requested, said planes would hit it at that > height so they gave me 180 feet. 20 feet, seems kinda crazy to me but > that's the Government for ya! They also required that it have red lights at > night as well as being painted! > > Speaking of which, anyone have anything to say bout the LED red mode compact > beacons like Dialight sells? > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Holman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > You can add if the area close to an Airport I believe 1 mile, also there > will need to be some sort of a once every 24 hr. inspection to the strobes, > and the number to the local F.A.A. facility if the strobes go out the call > must be within a 30 Min. time frame. > > thats the fun of that tall tower. > > > MH, CRO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > > > > Mr. Edgar McKinney wrote: > > > > > > The painting was wavered in our case cause of the tower material could > > > not be painted. > > > > > > At each 50' and 100' are stable reds on with flash strobes for day > > > use. > > > > If you have daytime strobes, that's the reason the paint isn't required. > > You have to have the tower painted (correctly) OR use daytime strobes. > > At night, you have to light it using red or night strobes. This applies > > to any tower over 200' tall or close enough to an airport or heliport to > > be a hazard. > > > > If your tower couldn't be painted, the daytime lighting was/is your only > > option. Do you have any pics of the tower at night? Sounds nice. > > > > Joe M. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
