SEARCHLIGHT FACTS

• WWII 60-Inch Anti-Aircraft Searchlight

• 800,000,000 (800 million) candle power

• Carbon Arc (welding arc) used to create illumination

• Light and Power Plant manufactured by Sperry Gyroscope

• Light and Power Plant made in 1941

• Weight of Light and Power Plant approximately 6000 lbs.

• Light operates on 78 Volts D.C. at 150 Amps.

• Power Plant Fuel: Gasoline

• Power Plant motor - Hercules JDX 6 cylinder flat head

• Power Plant is water cooled

• Power Plant runs at 1150 rpm

• Approximately 3 hours run time on one positive carbon

• 10,000 lights were manufactured between 1938 - 1942

• Of the 10,000 lights, almost 80% were shipped to Europe