Got LEDs?

So, about a year ago I decided LEDs would be a sweet addition to my interior lighting, but I never got around to installing them. My boat already had interior courtesy lighting but it consisted of 3 incandescent fixtures: one in each gunwale and one up in the bow storage area. Well, I sure fixed that. I got these 5-LED fixtures on ebay, 4 in total, and used double-sided foam sticky pads (3M heavy duty) to adhere them to the existing fixtures, so that the lighting could be easily converted back to stock if needed. I think the 5 LED units were about 5 bucks each. Finally installed them today and I'm ecstatic about it. They are BRIGHT AS HELL and cast a cool blueish-white light throughout the boat. I installed one in the footwell of the driver's seat as well, above the steering rack, to illuminate that entire area. Awesome upgrade. I feel like I've really "pimped my ride". The LEDs combined with what I feel is the best looking "nighttime-lit" SN dash of all time makes for one hot booze-cruise twilight cruiser:


LED In 2000 SN

I will say, I felt really guilty snipping the old lines to the existing fixtures. They were really neatly wired with corrugated sheathing around them and heat-shrink waterproof connectors and everything. This boat is really wired nicely! Everything is VERY neatly and cleanly wired. Well, "was" anyway.

Hey Joel,

You mentioned bluish light, but based upon the photos looks like they are actually white.

If you have blue, be careful. Mikeski wired up his whole boat with blue LEDs, and ended up changing them out after he got a ticket from the Sheriff. Seems that, at least here in CA, blue lights are reserved for the law.

BKH

available now are LEDS for the hull, you now can pimp out on the water too, the water will glow azure blue at dusk and it will put your lady in the mood...lol
I did just get a flyer for underwater LEDs, and i kinda liked them.

8122pbrainard wrote: Guys, you're spending to much time over on those other sites! The bling is rubbing off!

ROFL!

I was thinking about this post while in the proximity of toxic fumes. I think a couple of those underwater lights on the stern could make skinny dipping interesting!   

Is this it Joel?



SeaSense LED at BoatersWorld.com

Randy, that's not it. The ones I have don't have a lens over the LEDs. The 5 LEDs are in a row like that, but the two outer ones angle out a bit to spread the light out. They look nearly identical to these, but with 5 rather than 3 LEDs per unit. LED Accent Light

I wired our gunwhales for LEDs last winter. They aren't for looks, but with black carpet it's very hard to find objects in a cluttered boat when you come back to the dock after sunset.

I hope they are better than the ones I bought for my trailer. They were "rated water proof, submerged for 10,000 hours." They were full of rusty water by the second weekend at the lake. The side markers wich were supposed to be totally sealed have now failed after only a couple of trips. I am very pissed at the people I bought these from, I payed good money to have top notch lights on my new trailer and now they don't freakin work.