I just got a 3500 watt running, 30 amp, champion generator for Christmas. the generator has 3 120v plug ins. I am going to use it for bow fishing, and want to know if I should go with halogens or LED. I live in Nebraska and most waters I am going to bow fish are going to be murky, so I would think I would want to use halogens. But I want at least seven lights on my boat. For 7 halogens, that would be (if I am doing the correct math formula) 3500 watts and 29.16 Amp. Would that be running my generator to hard? Would I need to divide them up on different cords and pug ins? Also, I heard halogens attract bugs that it makes it miserable, is that true? If I go with LED's, I would use 8-10, 27 watt 4 inch spot lights. If you type '27 watt led bow fishing lights' on YouTube, a guy has 8 of them on his pontoon and they seem pretty bright. I cannot afford (because I am about to start college next fall) $100.00 LED per pop. Please let me know which ones I should pick. If it helps, I am on a 1648 Jon boat with a 12inch raised deck. Thanks!!!
What kind of lights
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We ran (6) 500 watt Halogens on our Champion 3500/4000 watt gennie before we switched to 50 watt LED to be able to run converters to keep troller batteries up. Would run (6) 500 watt with (2) off front and (2) off each side. We now run (12) 50 watt with a Honda Gennie. Would look at long term down road which way you want to go with your setup but for $300 you can go champion and halos and be fishing
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