BIRNS, Inc. has launched the most powerful, cutting-edge underwater vehicle light on the market: the new BIRNS Aurora™. This high intensity Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) deep submergence light provides dazzling, electronically dimmable, 14,000 lumen brilliance to usher in the next generation of extreme depth subsea lighting systems.

LEP is an exciting new lighting technology that is a more powerful and efficient alternative to LED, Tungsten Halogen and Metal Halide lighting. Its light sources use a solid-state device to generate Radio Frequency (RF) energy to power a plasma light source. Unlike traditional metal halide lights, the BIRNS Aurora does not require metal electrodes to drive power into the source, thus has a more robust quartz vessel. This unique LEP light has a 30,000 hour lamp life, and produces a continuous spectrum, and delivers an exceptionally high lumen density—in fact, the single bulb (approximately 2 mm long) produces a blazing 14,000 lumens of brilliant white light at 5,300K, at a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 94.

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