cyberflexx
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I've seen a few companies who are now making LED night fishing lights. Everything from Nucli-Eye, NightFishion.net and BlueWaterLeds, and the like. I dont mean to knock these companies, but c'mon, these things are expensive for what they are.
I have been looking at LED fishing lights for about a week or so and came across https://www.superbrightleds.com.
I found some LED strips that were weather proof and water proof and available in UV Blacklight at 80 and 180 degree angles and can be cut.
I ordered two 96 LED narrow 80degree beam UV waterproof LED strips, mounting clips for them too and ordered one 60 LED wide 180 degree beam UV weatherproof strip that I will cut in half. I ordered one 30 LED weatherproof strip in Blue ( moonglow ) and I will cut it in half, and I ordered one 30 LED weatherproof RED strip. These are all 12 volts. Total amperage draw from the specs are about 1.7 amps so I can run for over 3.5days on a 12volt battery if I wanted. LOL. I ordered all of these Shipped to my house for $115 which is ALOT cheaper than the name brand units and packages.
I plan to make a removable night fishing system that will mount to the side of my Skiff below the rub ring and also be able to use these on my Ranger 519.
Each fisherman will have the following lights in their area of the boat ( where there are 2 people in the Skiff).
30 LED wide UV strip near the top
96 LED narrow UV strip lower to the water ( water proof too) so the beam will go out past the wide beam without interference
and beside this stack will be 15 LED Blue strip
Crude ASCII Art of my idea..
**Front Fisherman**.....................................**RearFisherman**
**UV Wide-**.........**blue** **blue**.............**UV Wide**
**UV Narrow**..............................................**UV Narrow**
The wide beam will give me upclose UV light to see my line, the narrow beam will give me distance UV light to see the line and the blue LEDs should be enough to light up the bank to see cover.
The red will be cut in half and 15 red LEDs will be under my rear bench and under the edge of the front deck to give the floor some indirect light, and red wont attract bugs as much as other colors.
I am thinking each color will have its own on/off switch on the 1st run, so I can see how bright the thing is and wired to a 12volt outlet plug for easy connection in the boats. It might be too bright and if that's the case, I have enough LEDS to do both sides of my boat.
Let me know what you all think...
I have been looking at LED fishing lights for about a week or so and came across https://www.superbrightleds.com.
I found some LED strips that were weather proof and water proof and available in UV Blacklight at 80 and 180 degree angles and can be cut.
I ordered two 96 LED narrow 80degree beam UV waterproof LED strips, mounting clips for them too and ordered one 60 LED wide 180 degree beam UV weatherproof strip that I will cut in half. I ordered one 30 LED weatherproof strip in Blue ( moonglow ) and I will cut it in half, and I ordered one 30 LED weatherproof RED strip. These are all 12 volts. Total amperage draw from the specs are about 1.7 amps so I can run for over 3.5days on a 12volt battery if I wanted. LOL. I ordered all of these Shipped to my house for $115 which is ALOT cheaper than the name brand units and packages.
I plan to make a removable night fishing system that will mount to the side of my Skiff below the rub ring and also be able to use these on my Ranger 519.
Each fisherman will have the following lights in their area of the boat ( where there are 2 people in the Skiff).
30 LED wide UV strip near the top
96 LED narrow UV strip lower to the water ( water proof too) so the beam will go out past the wide beam without interference
and beside this stack will be 15 LED Blue strip
Crude ASCII Art of my idea..
**Front Fisherman**.....................................**RearFisherman**
**UV Wide-**.........**blue** **blue**.............**UV Wide**
**UV Narrow**..............................................**UV Narrow**
The wide beam will give me upclose UV light to see my line, the narrow beam will give me distance UV light to see the line and the blue LEDs should be enough to light up the bank to see cover.
The red will be cut in half and 15 red LEDs will be under my rear bench and under the edge of the front deck to give the floor some indirect light, and red wont attract bugs as much as other colors.
I am thinking each color will have its own on/off switch on the 1st run, so I can see how bright the thing is and wired to a 12volt outlet plug for easy connection in the boats. It might be too bright and if that's the case, I have enough LEDS to do both sides of my boat.
Let me know what you all think...