The Perko Side Lights are a horizontal mount 12V pair in all white polymer with gold plated contacts, certified for power vessels under 20 meters.
Gold plated contacts are the detail worth paying for on a navigation light. Contact corrosion is the usual reason a nav light fails, and gold does not oxidize the way brass or plated steel does. A light that works on the mooring and fails at sea is worse than no light, and the contacts are almost always the cause.
Horizontal mounting suits a hull side or a cabin front where the fitting sits flat rather than upright, which is how most side lights are installed on a powerboat. They are supplied as a pair since a boat needs both red to port and green to starboard, and white polymer suits a white hull. Explore more navigation lights.
- Gold plated contacts resist the corrosion that kills nav lights
- Contacts are almost always the cause of failure
- Horizontal mount, for a hull side or cabin front
- Supplied as a pair, red and green
