Underwater LED
 

Looking for red LED's without breaking the bank, that do you recommend ?

not sure what not breaking the bank means but the seablaze gen x's are really nice for the price. I had the Gen3's in green and loved them. I have shadowcasters on my new boat but haven't been in the water at night yet to see what they look like, but I know they are a little more pricey than the seablaze's

Build your own 100W x 2 LED's for under $100, that's enough light to light up a football field..........

These came with boat when I bought it:
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Added my own home made 100W x 2 LED's:
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Are the LEDs that go in the drain plug any good?

I have one and for the money they work good. Better then I expected and didn't have to drill more hols for water to get in. Thats the thing I liked best about it. Is it as bright as ocean leds god no but for under 50 bucks what do u want and expect.

Cant find a pic of it on in the water but I also have one mounted in the engine compartment snd have a pic of that. [IMG]http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/...psqlkyahmu.jpg[/IMG]
you can see its pretty bright.

Tell us more

I made these with parts from eBay, the LED's are about 1" square x 1/8" thick, 36 Volt x 100W each. I adapted them on a round mounting plate that attaches to a round heat sink as they generate allot of heat. Silicone heat transfer grease "MUST" be used under the LED's to transfer the heat generated to the heat sink. They're capped off with a water tight magnifying lens that magnify's the available light even more and spreads out the light pattern. Power is from a "BOOST CONVERTER", it takes your 12V DC and boost's it to 36V DC. The boost converter has adjustable current and amperage pods so you have to dial in the volts to 32-36V and amps to around 3A with a DVM. A little machining is needed to make it all fit together, but well worth it when done.

I have RGB 1300 lumen underwater. Most solid colors and RGB with a control box
$200 each
Control box is $99

Led
 

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More pictures?

Sorry, but I don't have anymore pics. I didn't plan on posting for these LED's, I just happen to have them available before the install so I took only those couple of pics. Here are the drawings I made during the build for a reference, you can use these as a guide to get the concept and details of the build, hope it helps.




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Detailed wiring diagram:

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Do the LEDs look better when they're submerged or would they look good up under the swim platform downfacing?

The 100 Watt LED's get very "HOT", that's why the big heat sink. Under swim platform will not allow much cooling and raises the possibility of someone touching the unit. Their mainly for use at anchor (underwater) or while underway at night providing some air circulation for cooling.