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Cockpit lighting?
I need to add cockpit lighting to my Mistress, what is a good affordable light? what looks good? I might want red, or just clear, is red bright enough? Most likely go LED...
Probably gonna add 4 total?? |
Try here www.superbrightleds.com :eureka:
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Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 3891790)
I need to add cockpit lighting to my Mistress, what is a good affordable light? what looks good? I might want red, or just clear, is red bright enough? Most likely go LED...
Probably gonna add 4 total?? |
What would a good wattage be?
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Originally Posted by nightlife1970
(Post 3891818)
you can buy a full rgb led setup and do any color you want. Cost less than $30.
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Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 3891822)
rgb?
You can do just about what ever you want with this stuff. In the cockpit I see no reason to need waterproof. RGB = color mixing has three colors on the LED that mix to make any color. |
Whatever you use make sure its indirect and you cannot see the actual light source. In my Scorpion I cheaped out and got a half dozen or so of those foot long 12V fluorescent work lights and hard wired them in and mounted one under each bolster and under a couple other pockets and ledges around the cockpit. Looked great lasted as long as I had that thing, people always commented on them. I prefer white
These things :D http://www.ebay.com/itm/6304-ALL-WEA...e29c66&vxp=mtr |
Originally Posted by Nightlife1970
(Post 3891825)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5M-5050-RGB-...item4d009baa33
You can do just about what ever you want with this stuff. In the cockpit I see no reason to need waterproof. RGB = color mixing has three colors on the LED that mix to make any color. |
Originally Posted by glassdave
(Post 3891826)
Whatever you use make sure its indirect and you cannot see the actual light source. In my Scorpion I cheaped out and got a half dozen or so of those foot long 12V fluorescent work lights and hard wired them in and mounted one under each bolster and under a couple other pockets and ledges around the cockpit. Looked great lasted as long as I had that thing, people always commented on them. I prefer white
These things :D http://www.ebay.com/itm/6304-ALL-WEA...e29c66&vxp=mtr |
Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 3891831)
I cant hide that stuff anywhere...
Got any pictures of the cockpit. |
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there is no compartments or storage areas to hide... I have to cut threm into gunnel, boat never had anythung, I am adding lighting... this boat had nothing! just did shorepower last week... have bilge lights on the way, didnt have them either..
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Follow under that side pad, under the bolsters. Put inside the speaker grills. Plus it looks like you could use some storage pockets in those gunnels so put some in those to.
Or you could do something simple like a piece of quarter round between those speakers and put the LED's on the underside. Would cost next to nothing and be just as good as the ones you buy. I have more places to hide on mine, but I am gonna have this stuff all over my boat when I get done. It's only 1/4" wide and flexible. |
Originally Posted by Nightlife1970
(Post 3891854)
Follow under that side pad, under the bolsters. Put inside the speaker grills. Plus it looks like you could use some storage pockets in those gunnels so put some in those to.
Or you could do something simple like a piece of quarter round between those speakers and put the LED's on the underside. Would cost next to nothing and be just as good as the ones you buy. I have more places to hide on mine, but I am gonna have this stuff all over my boat when I get done. It's only 1/4" wide and flexible. I am looking for bright red or white round ones I can cut in gunnel just not sure about how to see how bright they are.. I am not cutting more holes into gunnel besides the pockeys we are cutting in, a solid boat is a stiff boat... I use the floor doors for storage... |
Hey Tim, How about 4 of these? I used something similar on my little Apache. I was pretty happy with them.
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...8#.UU-kcxeOSSo For color lighting I went with this stuff... http://www.customdynamics.com/boatin...ent_lights.htm |
I bought (4) 16 ft long waterproof led strips. I'm in the process of wiring them in.
The lights I bought come in many colors. Here is a pic with the port side done. http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...8C5D3BAF9D.jpg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...8C5F08BE0F.jpg Port side and under the bench seat. http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...3B91E3745E.jpg |
Check out the following lighting options. I installed these last year in the cockpit of my boat. I installed the blue/white lights so I have the option to switch between blue or white. It's nice to switch to the all white if you have the need to see something up close as the blue is more of a mood lighting. They have them in red/white as well. I purchased four of their underwater blue/white lights which I'll be installing in the next couple of weeks.
http://www.lumiteclighting.com/catal...nterior-lights |
I did two of these up front, they are very bright.. its a stout piece looks really great and only needs a small hole for wiring.
http://www.yachtlights.com/item--LED...e-Light--10103 Behind the seats I already has 3" cut out so I had to get something to fit: http://www.yachtlights.com/item--LED...s-Round--98050 These are more of a soft light.. |
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