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PondTunes


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Date: Jul 8, 2009
LED Lighting for Boats
 
 

So I've been getting more and more requests for quotes for LED lighting, ended up riding down to SC to do a set for a customer along with some audio related installs.  I now have a full line of these things and i've been very impressed.

LED Lights don't have a filimant like a normal bulb does, they draw a fraction of the current a conventional bulb draws and they outlast them by thousands of hours.  They also produce very little heat so you don't get burned if you put your arm up near one while working in a cramped location!
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I started out with the LED's and one of my daughters powerwheel batteries (12 volt) it's also worth noting that this battery was so dead it wouldn't move the power wheels at all yet it ran these lights for hours as I played around with them at home and then again on the customers boat as we tried different places to get optimal light from them.

Heres a shot of the LED strips on my counter sitting on top of a glass of ice water.  These things could be installed in a cup holder and would make the drinks or a bottle of H20 look really cool!   What we ended up installing was (6) LED strips with 9 LED's per strip in the seating area and (1) 12 LED strip down in the cabin.  The boat was a 32' Chris Craft.

Here are a couple more shots, I ended up installing one of the LED strips in front and rear of the port/starboard seats and two of the strips under the aft bench seat.  The final LED was installed below decks near the shower door at the ceiling and illuminates the entire cabin.

Click here for a color chart & pricing information:

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Also installed was a LED Control module that came with (2) keyfobs the remote unit has several functions ON/OFF, Dimmer (4 settings), Strobe (3 Patterns) and a Breathe feature (LED's fade in and out slowly)



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GlennW


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RE: LED Lighting for Boats
 
 

Great topic Shane, you must have been reading my mind as well as Ricky H.
I had planned on putting LED lighting in my boat for the 4th of July night ride event but never got around to it.
Are they better installed under objects than out in the open? I know they can get bright when viewed direct. Also is the module needed or is it an option?


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PondTunes


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Put them out of sight they produce a nice glow that will light up the area, try to avoid putting them where you'll have to look directly at them because they are insanely bright head on.  

The control module is totally optional, the owner of the boat wanted the ability to dim the LED's more than being able to strobe or turn them on/off with a remote.  A normal rheostat or dimmer switch will not work good with LED lighting.

Im currently working on getting some photos up on my website of the kind of lights I can get, they make strips as well as round lights about the size of a normal courtousy light.


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Thunderjet


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RE: LED Lighting for Boats
 
 

I put some of those under the dash of my boat. It's very cool

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RE: LED Lighting for Boats
 
 

I love mine. They really light up the boat at night and I love the one's that I put on the swim platform.

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JD, where and how much? Are they singles, triples, strips or what? Did you use the same courtesy light switch or add a separate one?


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PondTunes


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Okay guys I ordered up a set of each color LED I can get (there are 10), and I finally found a way to photograph them where you can tell something about the colors.  For pricing, colors, sizes & accessories go here:  http://www.pondtunes.com/led.htm

If you've got any questions feel free to drop me a line i'd be willing to give a discount to boatrant members!  If there are a few people interested the bigger the order the bigger the discount I can throw out!

Below are a couple of my personal favorites:

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FLAME                                       NUCLEAR

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LAVA                                        BLACK LIGHT


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GlennW


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I like the black lite..

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PondTunes


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RE: LED Lighting for Boats
 
 

It's nice, flourescent colored things, socks etc glow under it just like a normal UV blacklight, oddly enough some of the other colors also make them glow just not quiet as pronounced.

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