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Jul 07th, 2017 Click Industry News

Light Intensity Requirement of Obstruction Lighting

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We kindly remind our customer: we get many customer price inquiries, for example, "I want get a quote for high intensity light" , and send us a picture for our reference.
After review and discusstion, we found our buyer is looking for a medium intensity type obstruction light but not a they called"High Intensity Type".

Low intensity, medium intensity, high intensity is not classified by our experience and any manufacturer. They are classified by ICAO international standard. And the light intensity is specified by ICAO or FAA.
Below chart helps you learn the light intensity of obstruction lighting knowledge.

Classification ICAO FAA
Plusafe Obstruction Light ICAO Type Color Light Intensity(cd) FAA Type Color Light Intensity(cd)
Low Intensity Low Intensity 
Type A
Red 10cd Night L-810 Red 32.5cd  
Low Intensity 
Type B
Red 32cd Night
Medium Intensity Medium Intensity 
Type A
White 2000cd Night
20000cd Day/Twilight
L-865 White 2000cd Night
20000cd Day/Twilight
L-866 White 2000cd Night
20000cd Day/Twilight
Medium Intensity 
Type B
Red 2000cd Night L-864 Red 2000cd Night
L-885 Red 2000cd Night
High Intensity High Intensity 
Type A
White 2000cd Night
20000cd Twilight
200000cd Day
L-856 White 2000cd Night
20000cd Twilight
270000cd Day
High Intensity 
Type B
White 2000cd Night
20000cd Twilight
100000cd Day
L-857 White 2000cd Night
20000cd Twilight
140000cd Day

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