Turtle-Safe Amber Fixture Finder

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Three things that decide the job before the fixture does

A turtle-safe schedule fails inspection for reasons that have nothing to do with which amber fixture you picked. These three are worth settling before you filter anything below.

The finder

41 amber models, filterable

Filter by manufacturer, fixture type, how the wavelength is published, and what the certificate says. The wavelength verdict is mine, applied consistently: Clears 570 nm means every published figure for that model is 585 nm or above; Conflicting means the maker publishes both a high figure and a 560 nm floor for the same product; 560 nm floor only means the sole claim is “560 nm or higher,” which cannot be shown to clear Palm Beach.

Showing all 41 models.

Every value above is quoted from that manufacturer’s own published page or spec sheet. “Not published” means the figure does not appear in any live manufacturer document I could reach — it has not been estimated, inferred, or carried over from the white-light version of the same fixture.

What the catalogues do not answer

The two FWC tests no spec sheet in this dataset can settle

FWC applies three tests: keep it low, keep it long, keep it shielded. The manufacturers publish enough to argue the second one. They publish almost nothing on the other two.

This is not a criticism of the fixtures. It is what the published record does and does not contain, and it is why a beachfront schedule needs a factory letter rather than a badge.

Checked and found nothing

Lines I represent that publish no amber product

A finder that only lists hits is not much use for a coastal schedule — you also need to know which lines were checked and came back empty, so nobody spends a week chasing an option that does not exist.

A white CCT is not an amber claim. 2200 K is a warm white, not a narrow-spectrum amber with no output below 560 nm, and it should not be offered as a turtle-safe substitute.

The rules, quoted

What the ordinances actually say

Every line below is a quotation with its citation, so it can be checked rather than taken on my word.

Note on the state rule: 62B-55.005 through .008, the model standards themselves, were repealed effective 15 December 2020. Only 62B-55.002 Definitions, .003 Nesting Areas and .004 General Guidance remain in force. What binds your project is the ordinance the jurisdiction actually adopted, which is why the city comes before the county.

Questions

Turtle-safe lighting, answered honestly

Is any fixture on this page currently FWC certified?

No. Every certificate number in this dataset was issued in 2018 or 2019, and FWC publishes that certifications “will be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.” FWC also publishes that its certification program “will not open in Spring 2025 as previously scheduled,” so no manufacturer can obtain or renew one at the moment. Treat a badge as history and get acceptance from the reviewing jurisdiction in writing.

Which models can I defend on a Palm Beach County job?

Palm Beach requires greater than 570 nm. 16 of the 41 models publish wavelength figures at or above 585 nm without contradicting themselves elsewhere. Gardco is the only manufacturer here that publishes both a dominant wavelength (596 nm) and a peak (601 nm). For anything else on a Palm Beach job, ask me and I will get the dominant wavelength from the factory in writing before it goes on the schedule.

Why does one manufacturer show conflicting wavelengths?

Because that is what it publishes. FC Lighting states its amber spectrum four different ways across its own site — “Amber (590-600nm)” on the category page, “minimum 560nm wavelength” on four product pages, a 590 to 600 nm band on the spec sheets, and “AMBER (no light below 560nm wavelength)” on two of them. Kenall markets 590 nm but its compliance sentence retreats to greater than 560 nm. Both are shown as published rather than resolved in the manufacturer’s favour.

Does an amber lamp on its own get the job approved?

No. FWC applies three tests — low, long, shielded. Only 4 of 41 models publish a maximum mounting height and only 8 publish a shielding or cutoff statement, so the other two tests are settled on your drawing, not in the catalogue. A compliant lamp mounted high and unshielded in view of the dune still fails.

What does “not published” mean in the table?

Exactly that: the figure does not appear in any live manufacturer document I could reach. It has not been estimated, and it has not been carried across from the white-light version of the same fixture — which matters, because the amber version of a downlight can have a different CRI, lumen output and driver than the white one sharing its catalogue page.

Can you get the missing values?

Usually, yes. Send me the fixture and the jurisdiction and I will go to the factory for the dominant wavelength, the shielding statement and whatever the reviewer needs in writing, for the exact catalogue number you are scheduling.