Life Jackets / Lifebuoys
Life Jackets Lights
Life Jackets Lights is a group of 2 IMPA-coded items (codes 330143–330145) under Life Jackets / Lifebuoys in the Safety Equipment section (IMPA 33). All of them are priced per piece.
Buying guide
A lifejacket light is the small white light fixed to a lifejacket so the wearer can be found in the water at night. The group lists an Ocean Safety Aquaspec lifejacket light and a bag (pouch) for a lifejacket light.
The lights are part of the ship’s lifejackets and are inspected with them. The officer in charge of life-saving appliances raises replacements when lights reach their expiry date or fail a check, or when a lifejacket is renewed. Current Aquaspec models are activated automatically by water or by hand. For example, the maker’s AQ40 datasheet gives a 40-hour minimum duration and a five-year storage life from manufacture.[3]
How to specify it
Give the make and model of the light now fitted, and say whether the lifejackets are foam or inflatable, since makers offer versions for each. Ask for the approval to be stated on the quote, since this is SOLAS equipment. The maker’s AQ40 datasheet lists SOLAS (LSA Code), IMO resolution MSC.81(70) and ISO 24408 approvals.[3]
Check the fit to the lifejacket. The LSA Code requires each lifejacket to have a means of securing a light. The light and the whistle must be chosen and secured so that their performance together is not degraded. Ask for the manufacture or expiry date on delivery, so the lights do not arrive half-used.[1][3]
Rules and certificates
LSA Code 2.2.3, as amended by resolution MSC.207(81) (in force 1 July 2010): each lifejacket light must have a luminous intensity of at least 0.75 cd in all directions of the upper hemisphere. Its energy source must keep 0.75 cd for at least 8 hours. It must be visible over as much of the upper hemisphere as practicable when attached to the lifejacket, and it must be white.[1]
A flashing light must also have a manually operated switch and flash 50 to 70 times a minute, with an effective luminous intensity of at least 0.75 cd.[1]
An immersion suit with its own buoyancy, designed to be worn without a lifejacket, must carry a light to the same requirements.[2]
Questions buyers ask
- How long must a lifejacket light stay on?
- The LSA Code requires at least 8 hours at a luminous intensity of 0.75 cd. Some makers rate their lights for longer; the Aquaspec AQ40 datasheet gives a minimum of 40 hours.
- How fast must a flashing lifejacket light flash?
- Between 50 and 70 flashes per minute, at an effective intensity of at least 0.75 cd, with a manual switch (LSA Code 2.2.3.2).
Sources
Published by Sherif Awad, founder of GeoMarineHub — in ship supply since 1990, a family business since 1981 (45 years). Last checked .
At a glance
Part of Safety Equipment (IMPA section 33): Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment — extinguishers, breathing apparatus, lifejackets, detectors, pyrotechnics.
It is one of 4 groups under Life Jackets / Lifebuoys; the others include Life Jackets, Life Jackets Inflatable, Lifebuoys.
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- Items
- 2
- IMPA codes
- 330143–330145
- Priced
- per piece
Items
| IMPA | Item | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 330143 | LIFE JACKET LIGHT, OCEAN SAFETY LTD. / AQUASPEC A | PCS |
| 330145 | BAG FOR LIFEJACKET LIGHT | PCS |
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