as you get older you'll not worry about peace and just think of piece,lol

 

Lol darn auto correct

 

biggest thing is dissipating heat. you need a heat sink and some contact grease between the chip and the heat sink. there are some good youtube videos that guys play around with building them but its kind redundant now. the prices are so cheap now your better off buying lights.

aside from that a little bit of sodering skills and some patience and you'll make some light. just keep in mind its all how fast the heat is pulled from the chip to keep it from burning up depends on how long the chip will last.

 

For 30 and 50 watt lights your right on buying them but I am kind of planning on 80-100 watt so it would be worth it if I have it figured out but do I have is that everything I need?

 

build you a multi led light panel like this so you can make a real "light bar"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLia59KfkSw

 

That might work to

 

100pieces of 3w yellow leds $21 would put you at 2500k in color. could make some tiny light panels at what ever wattage driver you want.

 

I'm still thinking one 100watt chip would work good to

 

IDK little buddy, here's $42 each for 100w warms with 5 min of looking. I like projects but like I said they are 1/3 the price they were a year ago.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10W-20W-30W...NT-/181853537421?var=480844685283&hash=item2a5750c48d:m:mRj94f9POc8KH3iohk1G65w

 

Don't mean to be a pain but do they come in 12v?

 

if it were me id buy them, like rambo said projects are fun but the end result might not be what your wanting for the money your going to invest ... for the price id buy um

 

First I'm just putting my 11 27w lights on and I'll see how they do but I'm looking into other things to

 

And unless your dad is a magician too, those housings will cost someone some $. Start with a project like re-assembly of an old clock radio. Try to make it look like you built it all from scratch, where you can see the board and the wires, and take it to your favorite teacher. Lol
Seriously, buy some lights. Don't burn down the Funky Chipmunk!

 

If you go above 50w I wouldn't even mess around with DC for what you will have invested in batteries just to be able to get a half a night worth of light you could buy a good used Honda 2000..

 

since he has the 27s he wouldn't need to add much more. I had 14-27s on the front of that boat 4 yrs ago and it did great but I had 4 batteries in her belly to. yea on second thought chance better look at some 110 lights for a upgrade. something like 4-100s and a cheap 800w genny would be boss on that little boat. but don't worry bout it for a while those 27s are more than enough to keep you fishing. just get them 10-16" up off the gunnel. it gives them more distance to spread the light evenly.

 

This is just a project I already have 11 27w lights that are going on it and I'll probably get 2 more 27w's

 

I've also been thinking about a harbor freight 800w genny

 

Small gennie and (6) 50 watt 120v lights would be a good setup on that little boat

 

here's the boat after I turned it into a deckover and replaced the transom with aluminum.

 

trust me them 27s will do just fine!

 

Used computer heat sinks work well. Find a PC repair shop, they usually have crates full of them, usually about $5 each.
Tricky getting then incorporated into a housing.
My DIY 100watters use fan cooling too. The real benefit is more light output than the Chinese lights that use the housing as the heat sink. But like has been said, it ain't cheap.
I think DIY LED is for wanting better lights not to make them cheap