Cheap LED upgrade

[pete]

Picked up some cheap LEDs from ebay,got 20 led replacement bulbs for my courtesy and live well light $2.00 plus $2.00 shipping so basicly got 20 bulbs for the cost of 2 standard ones,got the 4 Led lights for my transom area to light up where the battery switches and the oil tank are $4.50 each,not as much light as Marcs LED strips,but its a start...


side of console


transom


fun little afternoon project,kept asking myself "how would Bob do this?"so I used plenty of marine grade wire,heat shrink butt connectors and marine grade heat shrink tubing

[gran398]

Lookin' good pete!

SB has us all inspired

[pete]

couple more..

the live well


oil tank


I like those blue LEDs!

[seabob4]

Looks good Pete!!  I've been using those same type of modules, as I've gotten tired of epoxying tape lights up (they won't stick without a lot of help...)

Pete, got a suggestion, would give you a more muted glow yet still light up the cockpit.  Take one of your little 4-LED modules and temporarily attach it to the inside of the gunnel gap, facing the inside wall of your rod rack area, about where your aft rod holder is.  See if you like that look...

I did the Sport Craft with the same type of light mounted low...



But the McKee Craft needed them mounted the way I just suggested.  Same exact lights, but boat configuration demanded a different approach...



A bit more subdued...

Love to see you guys doing this!  Need any help, just PM, or post on the forum..That would be preferable.

Pete, when you get them in, can't wait 'til it gets dark, huh?

[Blue Agave]

Pete do you have more info. on the seller?

[Circle Hooked]

Looks great Pete, you did a wonderful job on the install  

[pete]

Pete do you have more info. on the seller?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... ORS%3A1123

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250955405996?ss ... 1497.l2649

 

[pete]

Funny thing about ordering them ,the single bulbs came from Hong kong,the 4 led modules from Illinois,the one from China got here a week sooner!

[seabob4]

Funny thing about ordering them ,the single bulbs came from Hong kong,the 4 led modules from Illinois,the one from China got here a week sooner!

Damn, we were always slow...

[Blue Agave]

Thanks Pete!

[pete]

I like your idea Bob,what is the best way to 'christmas tree' them on the same run?

[pete]

Thanks Pete!

 

[seabob4]

I like your idea Bob,what is the best way to 'christmas tree' them on the same run?

Pete, regardless of the locations you come up with that you like the best, simply daisy-chain them all together, hot and ground coming into the light wires, hot and ground coming out, going to the next light, down the chain until the last...

Get some 18GA from genuinedealz, double up the hot and the grounds in 16GA butts, double over the stripped ends of the light wires on the other end of the butts, at the lights themselves.  One thing I don't like about LEDS...they all use like 22-24GA wire.  Yeah, we can double, sometimes triple over the stripped ends to fill the barrel of a butt connector to get a good, solid crimp.  But what ready made heat shrink terminal will shrink down that far?  Stacking shrink sleeving is what I've come up with...

[pete]

ok,cool,thats pretty much what I did,scabing the modules onto the courtesy lights,layered the heat shrink,used the blue butt connectors and doubled the thin wire,thanks!

[seabob4]

ok,cool,thats pretty much what I did,scabing the modules onto the courtesy lights,layered the heat shrink,used the blue butt connectors and doubled the thin wire,thanks!