A really bad disco, or ????

Tinman764 · 04-29-12, 03:56 PM

Yep, the lights are time based. White light destroys night vision, so red lights are used. It takes about 15 minutes to allow the eye to adapt and develop good night vision, but only a flash of white light will destroy it.
I think the blue lights are used in the parts of the boat that are crewed by the guys that don't need to build night vision and so blue at night is more comfortable to live and sleep in.

zygoma · 04-29-12, 04:52 PM

Ah, OK. That makes sense -- thanks to both of you. I remember seeing the captain and part of his bridge watch wearing goggles (red, I think) before going aloft, presumably to help guard their vision, and even to make things illuminated by red lamps more visible?
The porcelain thingies I wrote of are different from the speaking tubes, I believe; those seem to be represented by screened funnels at the end of individual conduits, f'r instance at the navigator's station, and a couple of places on the bridge.
The porcelain (?) devices seem to be out of mouth's reach in panels that hold 30 or 36 or so in a close-spaced grid, which was what made me think that perhaps they were fuses. If I remember correctly from the movie, there are similar arrays in either the engine room or maneuvering, but I never remember seeing any replaced, even when some in the control room got broken during an attack.
Maybe when I grow up and decide what I want to do, I'll learn German. Or at least how to download a version of Das Boot with English subtitles....
-- Zygoma --

Tanedin · 04-29-12, 05:25 PM

Oh, THOSE things. They do look like they could be fuses, have no idea what they are though...

04-29-12, 04:52 PM	#2
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Ah, OK. That makes sense -- thanks to both of you. I remember seeing the captain and part of his bridge watch wearing goggles (red, I think) before going aloft, presumably to help guard their vision, and even to make things illuminated by red lamps more visible? The porcelain thingies I wrote of are different from the speaking tubes, I believe; those seem to be represented by screened funnels at the end of individual conduits, f'r instance at the navigator's station, and a couple of places on the bridge. The porcelain (?) devices seem to be out of mouth's reach in panels that hold 30 or 36 or so in a close-spaced grid, which was what made me think that perhaps they were fuses. If I remember correctly from the movie, there are similar arrays in either the engine room or maneuvering, but I never remember seeing any replaced, even when some in the control room got broken during an attack. Maybe when I grow up and decide what I want to do, I'll learn German. Or at least how to download a version of Das Boot with English subtitles.... -- Zygoma -- __________________ If it's long and dark green and its bite makes you scream, that's..... a Moray. 7/5 of adults don't understand fractions. I'm told that two things can be reliably predicted to fail with increasing age. The first is memory. I can't remember the other right now.

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04-29-12, 03:56 PM	#1
Tinman764 Chief Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: U-32's Wintergarten Posts: 325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	Yep, the lights are time based. White light destroys night vision, so red lights are used. It takes about 15 minutes to allow the eye to adapt and develop good night vision, but only a flash of white light will destroy it. I think the blue lights are used in the parts of the boat that are crewed by the guys that don't need to build night vision and so blue at night is more comfortable to live and sleep in.

04-29-12, 05:25 PM	#3
Tanedin Bosun Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 66 Downloads: 273 Uploads: 0	Oh, THOSE things. They do look like they could be fuses, have no idea what they are though...