Infrared Lights built for to illuminate the night! - Night Vision

Our IR light bars and pods produce a beam of energy at 850 nanometers which is considered invisible energy. They are widely used in the military, security service, and public safety industries.

In order to provide night vision for any of these needs, we provide both an infrared pod 10 inch double row and a 20 in double row IR light bar.  All of these lights benefit from the use of an LED designed to emit light in the infrared range while other lights often have filters applied that instead block visible light from getting out.  By using infrared diodes, all of the power supplied goes to producing IR light greatly increasing the intensity and range of your night vision. 

What are Infrared Lights used For? 

Powered by 12V dc power supplies, these lights are the perfect addition to a boat navigating at night, an ATV patrolling a ranch, or any security vehicle where stealth is important.  With the help of a low voltage transformer, similar to what you would use for landscape lighting, these bars can even be used to intensify the outdoor security system around your home or business.  

More on IR Lights

The term infrared light or IR is probably something you are familiar with. This term refers to a light of a specific wavelength that is outside the range of visible light for humans. All light can be found on part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which is separated based on the wavelength of the radiation being measured. On the spectrum you can find x-rays, microwaves, radio waves, and light waves.  Light of different colors are on different parts of the spectrum but all of the light visible to humans only takes up a small range of wavelengths on the spectrum. As wavelength increases outside of the range of visible light, the first light experienced is infrared light. Because it is so close to visible light, some animals with better low light vision can see more infrared light than humans.  The increased wavelengths benefit the light in some ways.  If you move up the spectrum past visible light, and then past infrared light and get longer in wavelength, you reach microwaves and radio waves.  Have you noticed how your radio still gets signals inside the house or through thick clouds or fog? Well, while infrared light can’t quite travel through walls, it does travel farther that visible light and through fog or dust better than visible light.  With the help of a camera, seeing IR light and using this increased range to our advantage becomes very easy.

Combine with a camera and you'll get the ultimate in Stealth

While infrared light may not be of much use on its own, paired with a camera it can be invaluable. This technology is commonly found among the military where they need to be able to work at night as well as they can during the day.  Using night vision with IR light is typically the chosen technique as the light uses less energy than visible light, and it is undetectable by the naked eye, giving them a sense of stealth.  The military equips many of their vehicles with infrared specific lights as they need their cameras to have the most range and detail possible.  Have enough IR lighting everything up from different angles and you may think it’s daylight when you look at the screen of the camera. 

Security Systems

Another common use for IR technology is in security systems.  Have you noticed that your cameras still work at night when you can’t see anything yourself? If you examine your cameras you are likely going to find a few unlit LEDs on the face.  This is how it happens.  These infrared LEDs emit the light we can’t see but that allows the cameras to still pick up the burglar snooping through the yard.  If your camera system doesn’t quite have the range to see the other side of your yard or provide the detail you desire, consider adding another infrared light source instead of replacing the entire system.  

It is very likely you have seen a video game or movie of someone who has a night vision scope mounted to a gun.  This may seem like it is only a military application but hunters benefit from lurking around at night as well.  In many states it is legal to hunt nocturnal nuisance animals, such as predators or wild hogs, at night.  You may think that this means riding around with a large spot light but hunters have advanced past this.  Night vision scopes make it possible to hunt at night without the need of someone shining a massive light.  This keeps you hidden from the target species while also increasing safety.  Night vision scopes provide cleaner vision with more details helping the hunter to ensure a safe shot when hunting.  Plus there’s no need to have someone else with you helping lower the chance of an accident.  Night vision scopes, with the exception of thermal scopes, have a built in source of infrared light that allows a camera to see downrange and present it to the shooter as a normal optic would.  Some systems even mount to existing optics in order to light up the world at night without the need to re-sight in a firearm and dedicate it to night hunting.  As amazing as many of the night vision systems are, adding an additional IR light source can greatly improve how well you see everything.  

The last typical way you will see infrared night vision in use is with night time navigation.  Traveling down a dusty road at night can be dangerous if you can’t see more than a few hundred feet through the dust.  Add an infrared camera and you’ll be able to see much farther than you would with headlights alone.  Marine navigation also benefits greatly from IR lights and night vision.  Almost all cars and trucks come equipped with headlights but not all boats are lit up.  It can be dangerous navigating at night because you may have lights to help you see, but if another boat doesn’t have lights, they can be hard  to see.  It can also be dangerous to run up on a tree, or channel marker, or any debris in the water that can be hard to see.  Having a giant light bar can definitely help make boating at night easier but they suffer anytime there is excess moisture in the air as a large amount of light reflects off the water droplets, blinding a driver.  This is why having night vision setup on vessels is becoming more popular.  They improve vision, they don’t suffer from moisture in the air, and they can provide zoom to help pick up details you may miss with the naked eye.   

In order to provide night vision for any of these needs, we provide both an infrared pod, a 10 inch bar, and a 20 in IR light bar.  All of these lights benefit from the use of an LED designed to emit light in the infrared range while other lights often have filters applied that instead block visible light from getting out.  By using infrared diodes, all of the power supplied goes to producing IR light greatly increasing the intensity and range of your night vision.  Powered by 12V dc power supplies, these lights are the perfect addition to a boat navigating at night, an ATV patrolling a ranch, or any security vehicle where stealth is important.  With the help of a low voltage transformer, similar to what you would use for landscape lighting, these bars can even be used to intensify the outdoor security system around your home or business.