In past few years, the aviation industry has witnessed a number of aircraft collisions and accidents. ‘Blackout’ is one such major issue that causes a huge damage to the industry. And due to bad weather or poor light, even the expert and experienced pilots, sometimes, fail to control the aircraft. To overcome this issue, solar aviation lighting has proved to be a fruitful solution that prevents the collision of aircrafts with tall structures or buildings, and helps in the safe landing on the runway.
Technology Of Solar Aviation Light
With high atmospheric transparency, the solar aviation lights are visible from the aircraft from a distance of over 2.5 kilometres. Usually, these lights flash 20 to 60 times per minute. This flash frequency can be adjusted manually as per the requirement or weather conditions. After adjusting the frequency, these lights can be switched over to automatic mode.
Available in two different colored lamps, i.e. red and white, these are manufactured to be used in night as well as day time. Generally, red lights are meant for night hours and white (Xenion Dischatrge Flasher) for the day. When it comes to the life span, a solar aviation light lasts up to 1,00,000 hours or even more.
Solar aviation lights are available in low intensity, medium intensity and high intensity modules. You may purchase any of these as per the requirements. These solar lights, being used by the renewable source of energy, have several benefits over the conventional incandescent bulbs or fluorescent lights:
- Eco-friendly lights
- Almost zero power / electricity consumption
- No wires required for installation
- Cost-effective instruments
- One-time investment during the installation
- Very low maintenance
Based on the above mentioned advantages, solar aviation lights have become the first preference of aviation industry all across the globe. Being so cost effective, it is in practice globally and its various intensity modules are fully capable to give a threat to the blackout now!