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balisor lamp working since the 80th.
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OBSTA cold neon discharge obstruction light
Cold neon discharge light is a robust and extremly long life technology. Lights are 100% hard glass and not senstitive to temperature. OBSTA manufacture the cold-cathode rare gas (neon) lamp key element of the light. Balisor and obsta lamps can reach much more than 10 years lifetime. The lifetime of the lamp is usually limited by the transformer or the electronic converter. It depends also on installation procedure that must follow some precautions.
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NAVILITE LED obstruction light
Theoretically at 20°C, LED lifetime can be as long as 100 000 hours (about 11 years). In reality, lifetime and luminous output of LEDs depends on many conditions that includes ambient temperature and current inside leds. The LED NAVILITE range developped by obsta offers good heat dissipation for optimum led performance. Initial luminous intensity is more than twice higher than ICAO and FAA minimum requirements. Molding solution offers good heat dissipation of leds and is perfectely waterproof.
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| Lamp Type |
Typical lifetime |
Climatic sensibility |
Electro-magnetic sensibility |
Luminous Intensity |
| Incandescent lamp |
Approx. 1000 to 4000 hours |
Filament is sensitive to vibration |
Neon gas is not sensitive to EMC |
Remains constant and homogeneous |
| LED lamp |
MTBF, 5 to 10 years |
Sensitive to high temperature |
Yes (the led is a semi-conductor) |
Depends on temperature and drive current (20 to 40% decrease after 5 years) |
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Cold neon discharge lamp
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Decennial(*) |
No |
No |
Remains constant and homogeneous(less than 2% after 10 years)
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(* based on our experience)
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