Patent ID: 8291758

Claim:
An improved masthead wind direction indicator illumination apparatus, the improvement comprising: a weatherproof housing, said weatherproof housing containing; a first circuit board, said first circuit board further comprised of; a light sensitive switching element; charge control means suitable for charging said battery during daytime light conditions; switching control means, said switching control means suitable for operating said light sensitive switching element; a second circuit board, said second circuit board further comprised of; a pair of LED light sources; a solar cell array, and; a battery wherein said first circuit board, said second circuit board and said battery are interconnected in such a way as to cause said pair of LED light sources, under control of said switching control means and said light sensitive switching element, to emit light under nighttime light conditions and remain unlit during daytime light conditions wherein said improvement further comprises the elimination of all interconnecting wiring and control means between said masthead wind direction indicator and a remote control station.