Metro Marine Lighting launches next gen underwater lights
Metro Marine Lighting, manufacturer of marine lighting solutions, is launching the F-Series Full Spectrum Underwater Lights.
The F-Series is the latest addition to Metro’s portfolio of marine lights featuring industry-first, patented anti-biofouling and anti-condensation technologies.
The new series of underwater lighting fixtures feature an LED array with 72 high-output LEDs per fixture, allowing for close adjacent fixture placement where fully-mixed, uniform light is important.
To create higher-quality whites and richer colour blends, the F-Series RGBW luminaires also integrate a separate white LED in each of the 18 individually optically lensed RGBW LED configurations.
The F Series’ flagship round (F-BMR1-FS-90) and elongated (F-BME1-V-FS-90) RGBW LED luminaires are engineered to provide 90-degree optical lensing for lighting mid- to large-scale structures and yachts ranging from 32ft (10m) to 100ft (30 m), with uniform colour control and high efficiency.
The F-Series fixtures are designed to be mounted up to 15 feet (4.6 m) below the water’s surface. With watertight aluminum bronze housings and silicon bronze hardware, Metro Marine’s luminaires are said to be ideal for marine-based applications such as mounting to yachts, docks, sea walls, as well as for use in fountains and theme park installations.
Anti-biofouling underwater lights
Capitalising on years of engineering and industry expertise, Metro Marine offers patented solutions to the industry’s most common lighting problems; biofouling and condensation. In 2012, while working on a lighting project in Long Island Sound, Metro Marine began the journey to combat marine growth on underwater lighting. By integrating ultraviolet C (UVC) light rays commonly used in water purification systems to kill bacteria and prevent buildup into a compact, LED form, Metro Marine crafted the industry’s first underwater lighting fixture impervious to marine growth, in all water types and temperatures. Following this, Metro Marine completely revamped its assembly process to eliminate condensation and further enhance a fixture’s longevity.
While implementing a new Class 1000 clean room in the production process led to a reduction in condensation, Metro Marine engineers created a new patented dry gas assembly, similar to those found in the aerospace and medical industries, to ‘completely remove all condensation from the fixtures and remove the potential for corrosion during normal use’.
“By crafting a proprietary manufacturing process to prevent marine growth and enhance the lifespan of the light without condensation or corrosion, our team of engineers have notched the benchmark in underwater light fixtures for numerous applications,” says Daniel Deutsch, president of Metro Marine Lighting.
“Metro Marine’s new F-Series lineup of full spectrum lighting offers a new level of customization and entertainment. We’re confident that customers will appreciate not only the longevity and low maintenance of these lights, but also the pride in making their vessel or marina the talk of everyone around them.”
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