Got quite a few 27w square LEDs I plan on using with the next boat I'm working on. What's a good way to put a colored tint on these things to let them cut through the water better and reduce glare? And also, I'm looking for a source for interior lighting other than the see lite site that has the colored light strips, looked like all they carried was green. If anyone has any info I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
Led tint and interior lighting
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Got quite a few 27w square LEDs I plan on using with the next boat I'm working on. What's a good way to put a colored tint on these things to let them cut through the water better and reduce glare? And also, I'm looking for a source for interior lighting other than the see lite site that has the colored light strips, looked like all they carried was green. If anyone has any info I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
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Not sure about tinting the 27w lights. But I know seelite carries 3 or 4 different colors for the interior lights other places you can get lights amazon, ebay, menards, lowes, walmart there is a billion places where you can get "rope style lighting"...
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Got to Amazon or eBay and get some car headlight tint. They have several colors to chose from. I went with green and it's working out good so far.
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Thanks for the help. I bought some cheap colored dividers from the store yesterday and cut a few up to fit over the lights. I'll check that out too tho. Thanks again!
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I bought some yellow car window tint it worked great for mine and you can remove it later as well.
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We are running Cool White 50watt Leds. We were going ordered tint but we started using yellow lens shoot glasses from walmart. works great!!. Im looking for green lens glasses and I plan to get some red. So we can just switch depending on the water. As good as glasses work we have not talked about tint anymore.
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AMEN!!! But, every expert on the internet insists that you have to have HPS-colored lights to "penetrate" muddy water. And, when you switch to clear water, you need cooler lights. LMAO! :laugh:
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I hear ya, when I started pointing out the inadequate heat sinking on these LED lights everyone was like :shh:
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X2. I'm newish to the bowfishing game but have wired up hundreds of different lights in about every other environment you could think of. Call me crazy but I like halos.:shh:
Well I took y'all's advice and bought some amber shooting glasses. Tried them sat nite while shooting the red river using my LEDS and Wow what a difference. Seemed like they cut the glare. Maybe it's just my imagination but I Swear I could see the fish better. And the water was really stained. Best $6 I ever spent!
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PREACH.... same reason why we wear polarized lenses during the day... If you cant see through mud when the sun is shining, what makes you think you can see through it over some HPS lights....
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I really like that idea....where'd you guys get your amber glasses?
Might just check walmart.
Might just check walmart.
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And common sense to "Me" is that any film or tint you put on a light to change color or color temp will actually reduce or filter the effective amount of light the light puts out,compared to getting one with a bulb or LED chip in that given color temperature range....:cf::cf:
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We live at the other end of the Red. The river here is mostly clear. but the lake has murk. but they work so good no mater what water, we don't shoot without them. I fact i have used them in the clear water of the Red from the banks on a cloudy day.
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