Low Power Consumption OBSTA STIF Aviation Obstruction Lighting

OBSTA - Obstruction Lighting

By Antoine Guichard, Managing Director, OBSTA - Obstruction Lighting

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OBSTA fixed, red, aviation obstruction lights highlight hazards to low-flying aircraft.

The OBSTA STIF is a red fixed obstruction lighting for hazard to low-flying aircraft especially designed for solar generator or battery cabinet. The OBSTA STIF offers power consumption twice lower than conventional neon discharge lamp, which reduces size and cost of power supply, batteries and solar panels. The OBSTA STIF is cost effective and provides an ecological progress.

Red Cold Neon Discharge Aviation Obstruction Lighting

The OBSTA STIF based on cold neon discharge principle offers high reliability, robustness in hostile environments (electromagnetic fields, hard climatic conditions...). It is recommended on all kinds of obstacle without power supply like transmission lines, or requiring battery cabinet in case of failure of main power supply.

OBSTA STIF Low Power Aviation Obstruction Lighting

The principle of cold neon discharge offers:

  • Inherent generation of the «aviation» red,
  • extremely long life and robustness,
  • excellent luminous intensity,
  • low power consumption,
  • and compared to led light, a constant luminous intensity whatever is ambient temperature.

The OBSTA STIF is a one piece molded assembly, which includes a constant power converter and the discharge lamp and its special optic. OBSTA revolutionary new patented optic allows to reduce significantly power consumption.

OBNSTA STIF Obstruction Lighting and Solar Generator

OBSTA STIF includes:

  • a clear glass envelope,- a constant-power converter
  • perfect water tightness,
  • no requirement for a ground connection, which avoids voltage return from the earth (for example due to lightning). The overall is thus considerably improved,
  • a complete screening of the lamp to reduce interferences with antennas.

The OBSTA STIF also includes:

  • protection against transient over voltage,
  • an alarm relay to trigger an alarm or light up an auxiliary lamp (if active redundancy circuits are used).

The OBSTA STIF is easy to install and requires no servicing.

Obstruction Lighting and Solar Generator

OBSTA STIF 12V obstruction lighting with solar generator

Author Information - Antoine Guichard

Managing Director

Antoine Guichard is Managing Director of OBSTA. OBSTA is a small company with 20 employees. They are a subsidiary of CITEL which has 250 persons worldwide.

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