Underwater LED's
 

I'm trying to figure out what led light company to use right now and I'm so concussed. No matter what way you go it isn't cheap so you wanna get it right the first time. I'm looking at the Ocean led A3's that go into the drain plugs but not sure how brite they are. Has anyone on here used them and have pics of them in the water? I want to run 3 light across the back of my 28' cat, but what lights do you think would work best for me? the one thing i do know is that i want to go with blue. Thanks

You can check out coastalnightlights.com. He has lights that have been used by many fishermen for years and everyone likes them. He also stands behind his product. I haven't seen any better for the price.

MRoberts just put some on his 400ss and they are pretty sweet, pricey though! PM him, he can give you all the details.. There was a buncha LED threads that popped up in the last couple days.

im in the same boat so to speak. i have sitting on my desk one of the lumitec seablaze 3 white/blue leds. havent installed them, but we hooked one up here in the office and they are FREAKING BRIGHT!!!! like blind you bright!

found a deal on them on ebay so that kept my cost down.
I have not installed them ON the boat yet btw!

I purchased two blue Lumitec SeaBlaze 3's for my boat restore but haven't installed them yet. I would have bought CoastalNightlights.com ones but wanted something that looked a little better when on the trailer. I got the lumitecs for $210 each from Northwest Marine Electronics.

One thing to note on the White/Blue Seablaze 3's is that when you have it set to either white or blue it is half the brightness, only full brightness when all on which is a white with hint of blue.

has anyone tried the attwood led's that are currently being advertised on here? $179 doesn't seen too bad..... compared to some of the others.

Thanks I'll have to check them out

Please get some pics and let me know if you like the when you guys get them installed

Do a search, there are several good threads on underwater lights. In alotta ways you get what you pay for and you need ALOTTA light to make a difference, especially in cloudy water.

how about these that mount to the trim tabs or in my case to my extension boxes????

http://www.aqualuma.com/trim-tab.html

I have these on my Fountain CC. Great product at a great price.

Installed the Seablaze III's this weekend. Super easy with the included templates. I love only a 1/2" hole and a lot of surface area on the back of the light to create a good seal.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/...d8f21be0ff.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/...d031f4963c.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/...d6a087c29a.jpg

Now if we could just get this thing done and in the water I could get you some pics of them working!

LOOKS GOOD, CAN WAIT TO SEE SOME PICS OF IT IN THE WATER. I THING I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE SEEBLAZE 3'S ALSO

hey stillcrazy, how far below the water line are those....

they look pretty deep. instructions say 8 - 12". the murkyer the water the higher you mount them.

Steve Stepp from Velocity says the water line should be 2-3" above the red stripe, which was 7" above the light. So that would be 9-10" deep.

here is where i ended up having to mount mine. i didnt really have enough room to go on the outsides of the drives. and the center light is at the base of the center stringer.... couldnt go lower.

http://www.dustpuppyoffroad.com/visu...0630.sized.jpg

That looks like a nice install:)

I met up with a guy in Havasu this weekend to check out the 3 Seablaze 3 lights on his boat and they looked great. He had the ones that are white and blue which I thought was a great option to have. I think that is what I'm going to end up using

Blue LED's Illegal
 

We had our boat on the lift in our dock. Our BLUE LED light was on and a few inches above the water line. The local law enforcement appears and informed us it was illegal to have a blue light. I informed them it was actually supposed to be underwater and add a light effect. He said it was still illegal even underwater They told me to change it to white. anyone else have this issue?

It did cause them to miss my son's potato gun thou!:evilb:

This is a joke!!! They need to use their time more wisely. People can tell the difference in flashing blue lights on the top of a boat or blue lights shining underwater.

Look up Cannan Lights on youtube. They are a newer company here in Texas and have some quality lights that are very reasonably priced. Feel free to contact me and I can put you intouch with the sales rep.

Great!!! Thanks

We have Blue Ocean LED on the caveman Cig and also the Mystic and it hasn't been an issue with the Cig at night.

The shadow caster's are the absolute brightest lights available if that's what your going for. They were designed to military spec by a few engineers that well.... Design stuff for the military. LoL. I haven't seen a head to head they haven't won. But they are $$$$$, but I'm not sure that bothers alot of people here. On another board we got a test going a while back testing just about every light available. Tested lumen output, beam pattern in a pool and in a lake. Here's the results... Scroll down as the pics were moved from the link to a chart

http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/m...21/702750.html

Thank you so much for all the useful information

My abyss lights.

Big and expensive, but amazing!

Better video to come soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwnHI...e_gdata_player

Hope to get some pics of red Amphibians this weekend. I have a pair of the 6 leds and Speed Racer has a pair of the 12 led in red.

Looking forward to the pics

Has anyone tried the ones that replace your drain plug ? Im sure they will not be as near as bright as the others. Just looking at options. Not fond of drilling holes in the boat, especially under the water line. I realize these lights are manufactured for this and if the holes are sealed, no issues. I just dont like drilling holes in the boat. I have 2 drain plugs, so was curious about this type as an option.

Hopefully I'll be able to post pics of the red amphibians as well, I'm supposed to be doing the factory on the water tests Friday. If that pans out I'll take some pics. I've got 3 of the A12's, one in the tunnel and the other two on the transom of the 32 Spectre.

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I looked into these also because I feel the same way. They are the same brightness as the A3. They aren't really that brite.

I am more than happy with my A6 Red Amphibians. The pictures don't do them justice. They were glowing red (not with yellow look center) but were so bright this was the best we could get. In the second picture, I am the third boat and you can see it is lighting up the dock.

Looks good, hopefully my boat will be delivered this weekend and I can get some pics of my red A12's

Speed Racer has a pair of the A12s and they looked great too. With the bustle on the back of Speedy, they were about the same brightness as mine.

they look great....thanks for the pic

Why are you worried about drilling holes in your boat? That's rediculous. How big are the holes that your drives run through? :drink::drink::drink:

Wheres a good place to buy some shadowcasters?

Does anyone have any experience with the Shadow Caster purple LED's? I think they're listed as Ultra Blue. I'm wondering if they are more blue or purple in the water?

I ordered two Ultra Blue shadow casters today. Call them direct from the number on their website. Ask for Neil. He explained to me that the ultra blue is florescent, lighting up the water more than the rest. The picture he sent me was definitely a darker blue, not purple. I spoke with him yesterday and he was nice enough to email me pictures of each color while running, sitting idle, at different angles. Tell him Jason Bernstein sent you. I'll be installing my two ultra blue SCM-10's on Thursday. I'll try to post some pictures Friday.

Awesome man, I appreciate the info & look forward to some pics. I have purple neon in the engine compartment & want to continue the theme with underwater lighting.