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Hey, Harry, got a light?


Lightsticks are handy for marking just about anything--guy wires on mast mast, large metal or timber pole secured vertically or nearly vertically in a ship, used primarily for supporting sails and rigging. The mast is as old as sailing vessels, and the oldest sailboats depicted (those of ancient Egypt) had a small mast placed forward and  antennas, landing strips, mine fields, birthday cakes, you name it. Now the Army has a series of electronic lightsticks available. Unlike the old chemlights, these new lights operate on batteries.

* simple on/off switch

* uses two AA batteries

* batteries last 50 or 120 hours, depending on the model of lightstick

* the lightstick itself provides more than 3,000 hours of use.

* some models cast a 360[degrees] light, others a 180[degrees] light

* weighs three ounces with batteries

* five inches long, one inch in diameter diameter - The diameter of a graph is the maximum value of the minimum distance between any two nodes.  

* impact resistant and durable

* waterproof to a depth of 150 feet

* available in six colors

* no bulb bulb, thickened, fleshy plant bud, usually formed under the surface of the soil, which carries the plant over from one blooming season to another. It may have many fleshy layers (as in the onion and hyacinth) or thin dry scales (as in some lilies)—both of which  to replace

Also available are two infrared An invisible band of radiation at the lower end of the visible light spectrum. With wavelengths from 750 nm to 1 mm, infrared starts at the end of the microwave spectrum and ends at the beginning of visible light.  (IR) lightsticks. NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 6230-01496-1462 brings a lamp lamp, originally a vessel for holding oil or some combustible substance that could be burned through a wick for illumination; the term has been extended to other lighting devices.  in which batteries will last for 50+ hours with a 360[degrees] light. NSN 6230-01496-1461 gives you the same lamp but with a 180[degrees] light. Both lightsticks can be seen through night vision devices.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Maximum I
Out Output     Battery                             NSN
(in Foot         life        Visible               6230-
Lamberts *)   (in hours)       Area       Color    01-464

5.5              120+      360[degrees]   green    8069
5.5              120+      360[degrees]   blue     8072
5.5              120+      360[degrees]   white    8073
5.5              120+      360[degrees]   yellow   8074
5.5              120+      360[degrees]   orange   8077
5.5              120+      360[degrees]   red      8078
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   green    8079
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   blue     8082
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   white    8083
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   yellow   8084
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   orange   8296
8.5              120+      180[degrees]   red      8297
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   green    8295
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   blue     8305
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   white    8306
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   yellow   8308
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   orange   8311
10.5             50+       360[degrees]   red      8313
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   green    8320
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   blue     8322
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   white    8321
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   yellow   8323
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   orange   8325
15.5             50+       180[degrees]   red      8327

* NOTE: A foot lambert (FL) is a measurement of the light
produced on the surface of the lamp. The higher the FL, the
brighter the lamp.
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Date:Mar 1, 2006
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