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Superlucky

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I needed to make some upgrades to my new Gregor Alaskan 16. I bought it stripped because I thought I could save some money and I could also outfit it exactly as I wanted. After spending months on this forum reading various modifications, I found a common idea was to use LED lighting instead of energy-hogging incandescent.
My first step was to tackle the red/green navigation lights. I found a lot of stuff for sale on the Internet, but most of them were just stick-on strips of colored LED's. They offered no protection from docking "bumps" and I felt that they would be easily damaged. Other lights required massive holes to be drilled in the side of the boat.
I decided to buy some waterproof LED's and I then installed them into some 1 inch aluminum channel. I tapered the ends and riveted the units to the boat. The wires are extremely small so I only needed to drill tiny holes to route the wires. Here are the results:
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Coast Guard approved, probably not, but they more than exceed the visual requirement.

Next up was the interior lighting. I frequently launch in the dark and I am always looking for stuff in the boat. I noticed that a large number of people have used red lights to illuminate their boats and not burn out their night vision. Although I think it looks a little like "Pimp my Ride", the red floor lighting provides sufficient illumination. I placed these lights below the package tray. The glare you are seeing is a reflection. You cannot actually see the light strip.
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The photo has a lot of glare. In person, they are very soft without glare.

I then got a string of white LED's to light up the interior when you really need illumination. I placed these under the gunnels.
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I then needed an electrical panel to switch everything up. I built a plate out of aluminum, added the rocker switch assembly and added individual circuit breakers for each circuit. I placed this panel on the Port side, near the floor at the back of the boat.
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I am pretty pleased with the results. I hope that the LED's last and provide years of service.
All of the LED's were purchased through superbrightleds.com

Best regards

Bill
 
Nice work. You'll be happy with the red LED's for interior lighting. I use the same color and it's more than sufficient enough for tying on hooks while catfishing in the middle of the night. It also doesn't kill your night vision and attracts zero bugs.
 
Now I have to wait for spring to try it out.
1 foot of snow Saturday
Couple inches of rain this week
More snow tonight

Blehhhh

Bill
 

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