Beka

Ultrabright 18 LED Marine RV &
Off Grid Cockpit & Area Light



Following the success of our Doe LED cabin light and our Owl LED Anchor light, we were asked to produce an ultrabright white LED anchor light which would also light the cockpit of a boat at the same time.

The result of our work is the Beka LED Anchor/Cockpit light. Unlike the cheap rubbish produced for the automotive market with a 'marine' label attached, the Beka, like all of our marine LED lights, is designed from the ground up for a lifetime of use in the harsh marine environment.

Using a UPVC shell, our marine LED lights will withstand the direct tropical sunlight on your yacht for years. It is fully sealed to ensure a long life through even the worst of a typical Fijian 'carwash' rain squall. We even warrantee our light to a depth of 1 meter for 1 hour (it's actually better than that, but if your cockpit is more than a meter underwater for an hour, you likely have more worries than an anchor light)!

Electrically, the Beka anchor and cockpit light has an integral current regulator to ensure full output while maintaining a long life during the voltage ups and downs of the battery charging cycle.The regular Beka comes with a 250mm fully tinned wire pigtail if you have an existing circuit on your boat, or the Beka Kaukaua, which has a jacketed 5 meter fully tinned wire lead if you do not. We are now offering a 'semi-custom' version of the Beka Kaukau, just tell us how much more cable you'd like, and we will make it up for you (please allow an additional 5 days for this service).

The Beka has a quality, stainless steel, eyescrew (screw eye) to suspend the light with, and it is included in our price. As always, our prices are also inclusive of Registered Fast Post Shipping ('Priority Air Mail' to Americans) world-wide, with a flat US$6.50 per order to cover processing the order.

LED Anchor and Cockpit Light with Cigarette Lighter Plug-Click to Enlarge   We had been asked to provide our Beka LED anchor light, as well as our Lulu Kaukaua Anchor and Cockpit light many times with a cigarette lighter plug. We had resisted for some time, as we didn't want to burden customers who didn't want it with paying the price of something they were going to cut off. Finally, sense sunk in at this end, and we now offer the choice of the Beka Kaukaua (means 'large' bat) with a cigarette lighter plug already mounted.
In April 2009, we began offering our Beka Kaukaua LED cockpit light with a photo switch (some people call it a light sensor, or photocell). In addition to the integral switch, it also has the 'down' lights in warm white, which is often preferred for a nice, romantic look for cockpit dining.   LED Anchor and Cockpit Light with Cigarette Lighter Plug-Click to Enlarge
LED Anchor and Cockpit Light with and LED Color Choice-Click to Enlarge   In August 2010, we again expanded our offering of the Beka Kaukaua LED cockpit light by adding the choice of the anchor portion of the light to be in either pure white, or a more traditional 'warm white', color.

Just how waterproof are our lights? Well, a long term customer, Bob Wise of 'So It Goes', had a very unfortunate event happen on a passage, but he gave us a very nice, real life, data point about the water-fastness of our lights:

"...when sailing from St Thomas to Antigua, we had a chainplate fail, and lost the whole (mast,sails) rig. I've been designing a new rig here in St Croix so things have been a little shall we say...frazzled!

A sideways attaboy for your BEBI tricolorr is while we were in the process of cutting away the rigging, as the mast was doing a very convincing imitation of something trying to sink us, the Bebi tricolor was burning quite happily about thirty-five feet underwater, and continued to do so, until I cut the electric cables. Pretty amazing really!

Seriously, it was scary how bright that light is as from our cockpit you never see it at the masthead from the cockpit. But underwater on a moonless night it sure was bright down below as it lit up the whole hull!"


In fact, as with all of our products, every Beka Marine and Off Grid Anchor and Cockpit LED light undergoes rigorous testing including a burn in period under a varying voltage levels. This final test and our conservative, but innovative, design makes us feel confident to offer a limited LIFETIME WARRANTEE (our lifetime, not the product's sales life!).




Specifications
  • Number of LED's.............

    		•  18     Click to learn more why we use
     
  • Input Voltage....................
    		•  11-16vdc at rated light output
     
  • Drop-Out Voltage.............
    		•  7.5 volts
     
  • Input Current.....................
    		•  <0.100 amps (0.078 typical)
     
  • Light Output......................
    		•  Output constant over input voltage range due to integral current regulator
  • Typical average > 10.5cd
    		•  Click here for a full technical specifications
    And comparisons    .
  • Absolute minimum >5.6cd
    		•
     
  • Calculated Range...............
    		•  Minimum of 2 miles. See here to see where this number comes from.
     
  • Vertical Cone Angle.
    		•  30˚
     
  • Water-resistant...................
    		•  >1 hour submersion at 1 meter depth in 25˚C sea water
     
  • Connection.........................
    		•  Beka-250mm fully tinned wire pigtail leads
    Beka Kaukaua-5 meters (~16.5') Belden fully tinned wire cable
     
  • Weight...............................
    		•  Beka ~50 gm (2 US oz.)
    Beka Kaukaua ~150 gm (~5 US oz.)
     
  • Dimensions........................
    		•  Height - 35mm (1-3/8"); Max Diameter - 46mm (1-13/16")
    OD 'Skirt' - 41mm (1-11/32"); ID 'Skirt' - 34mm (1-5/16")
     
  • Warrantee........................
    		•  LIFETIME! Click to Learn Why
     
  • Unit Price, No Switch...
    		•  Beka with 250mm Fully Tinned Wire Pigtails
    Beka
    Pure White
    (250mm pigtail,
    screw eye)

    US$36.50
    		 Pure White Beka Kaukaua, with 5 meters Fully Tinned Cable, But Without Plug or Sensor
    Beka Kaukaua
    Pure White
    (5 meter cable
    NO PLUG)

    US$41.50
    		 Pure White Beka Kaukaua with 5 Meters of Tinned Cable & Cigarette Lighter Plug, But Without Sensor
    Beka Kaukaua
    Pure White
    (5 meter cable &
    CIGARETTE PLUG)
    US$44.50
    		Unit Price, All Warm
    White, But No Light
    Sensing Switch
    		 Beka Kaukaua, with 5 meters Fully Tinned Cable & Photocell, But Without Plug
    Beka Kaukaua
    Warm White
    (5 meter cable
    NO PLUG or
    Light Sensor)
    US$41.50
    		 Warm White Beka Kaukaua LED Anchor Light with 5 Meters of Tinned Cable & Cigarette Lighter Plug, But No Photocell
    Beka Kaukaua
    Warm White
    (5 meter cable &
    Cigarette Plug, but
    No Sensor)
    US$44.50
    		Unit Price WITH Light
    Sensing Switch
    - AND -
    Warm White
    Down Lights
    But Pure White Anchor Lights
    		Beka Kaukaua, with 5 meters Fully Tinned Cable & Photocell, But Without Plug
    Light Sensing
    Beka Kaukaua
    (5 meter cable
    NO PLUG)

    US$45.00
    		 Beka Kaukaua Light Switched LED Anchor Light with 5 Meters of Tinned Cable & Cigarette Lighter Plug
    Light Sensing
    Beka Kaukaua
    (5 meter cable &
    CIGARETTE PLUG)

    US$48.00
    		Unit Price WITH Light
    Sensing Switch
    - AND -
    ALL Warm White
    Lights

    		All Warm White Beka Kaukaua, with 5 meters Fully Tinned Cable & Photocell, But Without Plug
    Light Sensing
    Beka Kaukaua
    All Warm White
    (5 meter cable
    NO PLUG)

    US$45.00
    		 All Warm White Beka Kaukaua Light Switched LED Anchor Light with 5 Meters of Tinned Cable & Cigarette Lighter Plug
    Light Sensing
    Beka Kaukaua
    All Warm White
    (5 meter cable &
    CIGARETTE PLUG)

    US$48.00


  • If five meters is too short, we can make the Beka Kaukaua (with or without a plug) with any additional length of cable you'd like up to 150 meters!

    In addition to the 'add to cart' button above, just click on the adjacent button for a longer cable lengths. As we have to schedule this into production, please allow an additional extra week for delivery.


    		•  Additional Cable US$ 3.00/per meter
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  • Shipping & Handling.........
    		•  (9 units or less, please email sales@bebi-electronics.com for larger quantities)
    Handling..... Flat rate US$6.50 per order for our standard ULTRAFAST handling.
    (>81% of all orders are postmarked the day before they are ordered! Email us at sales@bebi-electronics.com if you have questions how we do this!)
    Registered Fast Post..... NO CHARGE ANYWHERE! (Click here if you'd like more information about our shipping before you order).

    Express.....    		 Please note that the buttons below DO NOT order product, they give you the OPTION of adding Express shipping to your existing order. Express does not measurably speed the delivery of your order (at quite a price!), but it does give you the ability to track your order. Thus, we only recommend it if you have a large order.
    		Europe,
        Africa & Asia    
    ~7 days, + tracking #
    US$44.00
          NZ/Australia      
    ~7 days, + tracking #
    US$17.00
      N & S America  
    ~7 days, + tracking #
    US$29.50


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    * The word 'Beka' is Fijian for fruit bat, a nocturnal fixture of the Islands.  They rely strictly on their superb night vision as they, along with all other herbiferous bats, lack echo location. They are considered a delicacy by many. We find it interesting that in American Samoa, it is usually cooked on a grill, but in Fiji, it is generally boiled. We can't help but wonder if the difference in bat recipes reflects the difference in taste of their colonial administrators!