• RS, Life Jacket Light Model: RSYD-A2

RS, Life Jacket Light Model: RSYD-A2

  • Product Code: RSYD-A2
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  • Item Code: LPER-RSG-RSYD -A2
  • Availability: Pre-Order

JIAXING RONGSHENG LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

RSYD-A2 Life Vest Light

  • Manual Switch & Water Automatic

  • Illuminant: LED

  • Comply with SOLAS Standard

  • Battery: Lithium battery CR123A

  • Validity: 5 years

  • Certificates: CCS/ZY/EC


Description:

Comply with SOLAS 1974 and latest amendment


Manual switch and water automatic


Illuminant : LED


Flare time : more than 8 hours


Luminous Intensity : more than 0.75 cd


Flash Frequency : 50-70 time/minute


Battery : Lithiun battery CR123A


Validity : 5 years


Certificate: CCS/EC/ZY


Life Jacket Light – The Ultimate FAQ Guide

Hi, welcome to the FAQ’s page of life jacket light. This article provides you all the information about life jacket lights and solves all queries related to them.

Today you will learn about life jacket lights, its duration, visibility, SOLAS requirements, types, how to install these lights in life jackets, their certification, and everything else you want to know about these lights.

So, let’s start!

1. What Is A Life Jacket Light?

A life jacket light is a safety light that is attached to life jackets. It is automatically turn on when you are in the water, and it turns off manually.

Life jacket light is beneficial for you when you are traveling in water. You quickly see everything in sea or water through this safe light.

The battery’s performance in life jacket lights is excellent, so it proves to be very beneficial for swimming or sailing onboard.

It has a powerful LED, which makes it more durable. You can easily replace the battery unit with safety lights if it is broken in any situation.

Figure 1 What is life jacket light

Figure 1: What is a life jacket light?

You can open the following link and easily understand how a life jacket light looks like and how to place this safety light in the jacket.

2. What Is the Duration of a Life Jacket Light Battery?

The duration of a life jacket battery depends on the material from which the battery is manufactured. Life jacket light batteries are made from alkaline so that their battery time is right.

The battery time of life jacket lights is a minimum of 8 hours. Some lights are made from lithium batteries. Their duration is the same as alkaline batteries.

The durability of life jacket lights also depends on the intensity of the life jacket lights. The power of life jacket lights is 0.75cd that is the only reason for its high battery performance.

If the power is minimum to 0.75cd, then the safety lights are not performing well and expire early compared to other lights.

Figure 2: Life Jacket light Battery

Figure 2: Life Jacket light Battery

3. What Is the Visibility Range of a Life Jacket Light?

The viability range of life jacket lights is very well because you can easily see over large distances by turning on lights in the water.

The visibility of lights depends on the position of the attachment. Attach the safety light to the correct place or position in the life jacket, its visibility will be more palpable.

Visibility increases when intensity increases. If you have a 0.75cd intensity light, it is very beneficial for viewing things in the water.

Figure 3: Visibility range of life jacket lights

Figure 3: Visibility range of life jacket lights

4. Do All Life Jackets Have A Light?

No, all life jackets do not have a light. Life jacket light is a safety light, so it is not necessary. It is optional equipment in life jackets.

If you want extra safety, you can add life jacket lights on the life jacket to easily swim or travel in water. It prevents swimmer from drowning.

Life jacket lights are too crucial for both adults and children.  You can easily use these safety lights while fishing, sailing onboard, and swimming.

Everyone wants extra safety so that these safety lights are readily available in the market so that everyone affords it.

The life span of a life jacket light is 4 to 5 years. You can clean the light properly after usage. Because cleaning matters a lot, you replace its unit if it becomes corrosive.

Make sure that the battery unit is made from alkaline-based materials.

Figure 4: All life jackets have lights or not?

Figure 4: All life jackets have lights or not?

5. What Is the SOLAS Requirement for A Life Jacket Light?

The light intensity of life jacket lights must be 0.75 cd. Life jacket lights must have a highly performable energy source that easily maintains light intensity.

The battery must be made from alkaline so that it performs well. Life jacket lights must have a manually operated switch. Life jacket light flash must be with the speed of 50 seconds in 1 minute.

Figure 5: SOLAS requirements for life jacket light.

Figure 5: SOLAS requirements for life jacket light.

6. How to Maintain and Inspect A Life Jacket Light?

Life jacket lights after some time, need recovery. Life jackets look dirty if are not cleaned properly.

  • If life jackets have lights, then check the operation of the lights and check its battery.
  • If it is not fitted correctly and something wrong with it, replace the battery unit with the new one to give good results.
  • After inspection, make sure you repack the jacket correctly and place the lights in the correct position.
  • When you are not using life jackets, then place these safety lights in dry places to not contact any moisture that is too harmful to life jacket lights.
  • These safety lights are made from waterproof material. Because it cannot contact with moisture when contact with moisture
Figure 6: How to inspect life jacket light

Figure 6: How to inspect life jacket light

7. Are Life Jacket Lights Self-Activated or Manual?

Life jacket lights are externally mounted so that it is easily usable. These safety lights are self-activating equipment. These lights have a switch, which helps turn on or off the light.

It can quickly activate when traveling in water. It turns on automatically and turns off manually.

Some life jackets lights are self-activating, and some are manually turned on or off in the water.

8. Difference Between A Life Jacket Light and A Strobe Light?

Life jacket light:

A life jacket light is a safety light that is attached to life jackets. It is automatically turn on when you are in the water, and it turns off manually.

Life jacket light is beneficial for you when you are traveling in water. You quickly see everything in sea or water through this safety light.

Life jacket light has a powerful LED, which makes it more durable.

Strobe light:

A strobe light is a light that is used in a stroboscope. It is used primarily for produces flashes of light.

Strobe lights are used for both industrial and scientific purposes. It is used in anti-collision lighting.

Strobe lights are used in televisions and radios.

Figure 7: A strobe light

Figure 7: A strobe light

9. What Is the Size and Weight of a Life Jacket Light?

The size and weight of life jacket lights vary because too many life jacket lights come in the marketplace. So here takes one type of life jacket light, which is the W4A Lifejacket light. Its size is 61 x 29.9 x 17.2 mm.

The weight of the W4A light jacket light is 42 grams. All life jacket lights’ size and weight are compatible and light so that these lights easily fit in life jackets. All life jacket lights are too light weighted and easily install in the life jacket.

10. Are Life Jacket Lights LED?

Yes, life jackets have LEDs so that the visibility range is high. The visibility range of life jacket lights depends on the LED.

Now the life jacket lights in markets consist of pairs of LEDs that increase these lights’ durability.

Its powerful LED makes it more durable as compared to other safety lights on the market.

Figure 8: Life jacket light LED

Figure 8: Life jacket light LED

11. What Is Life Jacket Strobe Light?

The strobe light is a light that is used in a stroboscope. It is used primarily for produces flashes of light. But life jacket strobe lights are those lights which are lifesaving equipment when traveling in water.

You can easily be visible in the sea by using strobe lights. It is easily adjustable in life jackets.

It has alkaline batteries that make it more durable. The duration of life jacket strobe lights is a minimum of 8 hours that is too good. It helps us to prevent us from drowning if any unpleasant scenario occurs.

12. Are Life Jacket Lights Corrosion Resistant?

Life jacket lights are safety lights and prove to help save lives and prevent us from drowning.

Life jacket light is made from alkaline and aluminum-based batteries that are waterproof and prevent rays from corrosion.

When travel in water, the alkaline-based batteries cannot contact moisture, which is beneficial for us. Proper cleaning of life jacket lights is essential. You must clean the life jackets and adequately check the light’s operation after use.

You must change the battery unit and replace the old battery with the new one when it is not working correctly.

Figure 9: Corrosion-free life jacket lights

Figure 9: Corrosion-free life jacket lights

13. Does A Life Jacket Light Expire?

Life jacket lights do not expire. But if we use life jacket light in water over a long time, then it expires. Some life jacket light life span is five years or more.

Suppose you are using your life jacket so many times. Then before use, please make sure that it is safe to use again or not.

If you have a life jacket with a light inserted in it, then check all the lights and replace its battery unit with a new one. So that it performs well while traveling in water.

Life jacket light guarantee is mostly 4 to 5 years. If you properly clean the life jacket light, then it cannot expire before its expiry date.

You should check the life jacket lights’ expiry date if you use them again after a long time.

Make sure that the switch which is inserted in the life jacket light is appropriately fitted or not. Tighten all the pieces of equipment of the life jacket light before usage.

14. How to Install A Light in Life Jacket?

You can easily install a light in life jackets. Life jacket light is a safety light, so it is not necessary. It is optional equipment in life jackets.

If we want extra safety, we add life jacket lights on the life jacket to easily swim or travel in the water. It prevents us from drowning.

You can easily install the light in life jacket by following these steps:

1: Use a sharp implement and make a hole in the life jacket, which is 85mm deep.

2: Make a hole in the upper side of the life jacket.

3: Make sure that the light’s position in the life jacket is fitted correctly so that things in the water are easily visible to you.

4: Slowly press the housing assembly in the hole.

5: Put the light assembly into the housing.

6: Route the sensor is linked to the bottom of the lifejacket.

7: You make sure that during installation, you fit the sensor in such a way that when you are in the water, then this sensor is immersed in water.

8: The life jacket light switch is turned on automatically when the light is immersed in water.

After installation, you must check the sensor by dipping in water. If flash comes from light, then it is fitted correctly.

If you see any corrosion in light after a long time of usage, replace the battery unit with the new one to perform well and safe to use.

You can open the following link and easily understand how to install a life jacket light in the jacket.