Technical details: https://www.sealite.com/lighthouse-led-lights/
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2024
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The specs say it replaces a traditional 500w-1500w light source with a 200w LED fixture. I'm honestly surprised at how low that is overall. I would expect that a lighthouse would be using at least 10kw of power or more, especially in areas prone to fog. I can only assume that there are lenses to focus it down to a tight beam.
For comparison, I recently installed LED lights in a moderately-sized industrial area. Total power consumption is a little over 2kw, or 10 lighthouses.
I had a 100W LED that would put your eye out. Even with a fat heat sink and fan it partially burned itself. Kinda scary to deal with.
I'm guessing each LED is 200W?
200W total. The thing is only 32cm tall and recommend to be run at a 50% max duty cycle.