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any body have some transom underwater leds

I just installed some Ocean Led A12 Pro Amphibians on a 288 Sunsation. They are absolutely awesome. I ordered green as I run on a fresh water lake. Beware: Make sure your local Marine Patrol is not discouraging having them on while running. There is a local lake where I boat that is trying to make their own rules and only allowing them to be operated while sitting still.:bsflag:

Any pics of it in the water???

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a friend just put a set of thease on his searay,under his swim platform..freakin bright!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNDER...ssoriesQ5fGear

I am partial to Shadow-Casters, the co-creator is a good friend of mine. Crazy bright and highly engineered.
A wakeboarding mag did a intensive test of about a dozen under water LEDs, I have the link on other computer, I will try to find the article and post it.

No, but I will try to get some and post them up. May be a couple of weeks.

How many would you need on a 24ft Baja, I use my boat in fresh water only, would 2 be ok? or would 4 be better?

Thanks!
Michael

i would think more would always be better, but im in salt water and i am only going to put two on my 24' baja

Michael: The A12 Pro Amphibians I installed on my Sunsation are extremely bright, so 2 will be plenty. They recommend green for fresh water.

I like the Ocean LED stuff myself, but, its expensive, I will check it out though, I wondered if adding more lights would end up resulting in "diminishing returns"? in other words, would 4 lights not "put out" significantly more light than just 2 on my application. It sounds like 2 would be plenty on a boat like mine which isn't very wide.

I like green, blue is nice also, but, I have heard its better in salt water, any thoughts?

Thanks!
Michael

They may not be making up rules in some cases, displaying any emergency color ( like red or blue) on any vehicle except where it is required (the red running lights on a boat for example) is illegal since it would make you look like a police vehicle.
Also having red or green lights on the back of a boat could be confusing since it would look like you were going in a different direction.

blue and green are better in salt water

:eek:HOLY BALLS!! did you really spend 2g's on lights or is there a hot spot to get them cheaper?

yup...coastal night lights...

way brighter than most LEDS twice the price.

any pics of the ones from coastal night lights? they seem like they may be the best bang for the buck

I have Abyss lights and I love them. Got them from wake magic. They were great to deal with. Call and Parker will let you know the best lights for your application.http://www.wakemagic.com/ Mine are the WMS 80. I believe that I paid around $250 a piece.

Makes for good fishing too

I will get pummeled here, but I don't think that there is any place for them on boats that are moving. i do most of my night time boating at lake of the Ozarks, and between boats and lights on shore, there are alot of lights to keep track of. For safety reasons, boats should only have the red and green bow lights, and the white transom/stern light.

Differnt colors of light can not only be confusing, but the bright lights can also ruin ones night vision. One bright light will constrict the pupils so that other things in the dark cannot be seen nearly as well (walk into a dark room just after shining a flashlight in your eyes). I believe that they are a safety hazard so they should only be legal when a boat is at the dock.

Ok, flame away!

Good point, I wouldn't say DONT use them, but, I DO believe they where initially intended for LARGE cruisers that boat a good distance offshore, not for smaller boats on small rivers and landlocked lakes. But, they do look cool and I haven't heard of anyone being charged/detained for using them, so, I guess from a "legal" standpoint they are ok. I know marine laws state you MUST have a certain number and color of lights depending on size and style of vessel, but, I couldn't find anything prohibiting any additional lights?

I do seem to remember reading somewhere [up here in Canada at least] where you weren't allowed to use lights to attract fish when fishing at night, I haven't fished in years, so, I could be wrong? I guess if there IS such a law and you where using them while fishing you could end up in trouble.

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trying to do a follow up for anyone that I can find on the forum asking about underwater lights.

I went with Abyss Lite and got 4 of the 1560 RGB color changing LED lights. They are on the back of the boat, one on each side of each drive. My boat is a Formula 400ss.

I can tell you that the water here at my lake is one of the dirtiest I have ever experienced... It is FAR from clear.

The lights work AWESOME so far. VERY VERY VERY bright. So bright, that they actually shine up and OUT of the water much more than I expected. I put them as low on the boat as I could. Almost all of the colors work well. Red is probably the worst, but it still works very well in my opinion.

Granted, I have not had the luxury to see how underwater lights look out in the ocean or clear water, but I am happy with what I have here on my lake, so I can only imagie that it gets MUCH better.

I will get some pics up in the Formula section next week. Heading up to the lake tonight.

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:)

I am very happy with mine as are others that have the same. Look a post #16 and the place I got them from is www.wakemagic.com

I agree with Mike. I have the Abyss 1206 on my 25 Outlaw and they look great......:drink:

That's the NICEST stripper boat I've ever seen!:lolhit:

As long as they are blue or white, I don't see an issue with it. I just look at it as more of a transom light helper than anything.

The primary problem with driving late at night on Lake St. Clair (a lot like LOTTO from what I understand) is actually seeing another boat that happens to be out there. Navigating is otherwise extremely easy. Any additional light(s) that someone wants to turn on is great in my book. If they are red or green or otherwise confusing, I understand your point. However, I welcome more lights on boats for night time driving.

very happy with my coastal night lights, adding more this spring :)

as far as safety and mistaking them for a police boat, they are under water most of the time and when on plane they light up the spray, i have never seen a police boat do that.... someone mentioned the lights at lake of the ozarks, pretty much almost every dock light down there is blue, so i guess those could be mistaken as police boats also then right? if you were running spreader lights on a arch, i could see a valid arguement, not so much underwater. if anything you are making yourself more visable on the water. just MY OPINION. coastal nightlights are the budget freindly way to do this and get a quality product