In need of some help. I'm building a new boat and I'm thinking of using LED lights both under water and above, was wondering if anyone has used them yet. Would appreciate pics and input. Thanks!!!
Anyone using LED lights yet?
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I'm sure they are close to the spec's they advertise so that wouldn't be an issue. At $50 each should be a good deal though.
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They work and they put out some crazy amounts of light. Who really cares about all the numbers. Heck, I would use a bon fire on the front of my boat if it put off enough light.
you ever see a battery explode? not fun especially when its next to you!
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O yeah I have, to many times.
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I agree! I started off with 4 350 watt ultras and shot plenty of fish! You wouldnt have to worry about genny reliability, cost of gas for genny, initial cost of genny, and the noise!
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The numbers determine how log you can fish on a charge, how many lights you can have on your batteries, how many batteries it takes to fish all night etc so yes most people care about the numbers.
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O I know OBG, just tryin to lighten the mood. I have checked out Kskillers lights and all the specs and did my own research on the lights too. I am going to use the LED lights myself. When I use the lights there will be enough batteries to push the lights and safely.
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I think he may have referred to the lumens numbers? As long as the last around 7-8 hours Im down!
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So these aren't the same ones listed here earlier? I thought they ran on 120V.
I personally would still run a generator since I run a fan. But the genny would still be loafing compared to running the halos.
I personally would still run a generator since I run a fan. But the genny would still be loafing compared to running the halos.
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NO, these are a 12/24 volt light
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If they are fairly bright and you can run 10 of them all night on 4 batteries or less they should work well for bowfishing.
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I am looking at them (the 120v) very hard. Trying to work with an American company but not getting much luck in getting return calls. But...I planned on running 2 Eu2000's, these would keep me at running just one.
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Drivers are in the 95-98% efficient range. I would say yes they are using 9 "3 watt" LEDs, but since LED are variable current driven, not voltage driven like Incandescent/HID, they label them as 27 watt but in this application the driver current applied is under the LEDs max rating giving a lower Amp draw and a lower actually usage(watts). There are LEDs now putting out over 200 lumens/watt, tech is advancing 2fold about every year, so it really makes using watts as a comparison factor irrelevant.
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Then they should be listed a a 16 watt LED light fixture.
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Very very true, but would they sell as many that way?:tu:
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Ok, here are the hard numbers straight off the trusty volt meter. At 12.1 volts they are drawing 1.78amps each. At 24.2 volts they are pulling 0.90 amps each. So that means with my 2 batteries rated at 85 amp hours each(according to interstate) i have 170 amp hours of battery life fully charged and i can run my 10 lights for 9.44 hours and still have 50% battery life left or 11.4 hours and 40% life left. This is on small 24 series batteries also so the bigger the batteries you use the longer you can run. I can live with that. Like OBG once, said never trust a factory number and always put a meter on them and know for sure just so you don't do any damage to your lights or batteries.
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So about 21 watts actual.
Are you running 24v or 12v, not that it really changes much.
I get 9.5 hours for 100% discharge and 5.7 hours with 60% discharge, and in reality probably about 10% less as batteries are rated by drawing 1 amp, when that is increase as is here, the battery looses efficiency.
I still think its great and will be using LEDs.
Do you use these batteries for a troller too?
Are you running 24v or 12v, not that it really changes much.
I get 9.5 hours for 100% discharge and 5.7 hours with 60% discharge, and in reality probably about 10% less as batteries are rated by drawing 1 amp, when that is increase as is here, the battery looses efficiency.
I still think its great and will be using LEDs.
Do you use these batteries for a troller too?
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So KSK where do I get these?
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