There is more to it than just the color. LEDs emit light from more than one source like an incandescent bulb so the angles change for the arc of visibility. There is a lot of technical information that goes into approval for a navigation light. If you are involved in a night time collision the insurance companies will assign an investigator and they will find out that the nav lights didn’t have the approved bulb in them. Thereby increasing your liability for the collision. Now maybe that is or isn’t a concern to you, but you should be aware of the possible consequences of using an LED in a non LED nav light. I just replaced the whole fixture with a certified LED one.
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