Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Can anyone suggest good LED red colour 12 volt strip lights for my 14 foot open tinny? Water proof marine grade cable. Any pics would be helpful. Cheers, Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
552Evo Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I got mine from eBay. Not expensive but I got 2 rolls of the led strip about 5m long each. It has adhesive backing but my boat is fibreglass so I installed each length under each gunnel and dobbed silicone about each 0.5m to keep it in place. The strip is fully enclosed in some sort of clear soft rubbery material and I soldered the joins and then heat shrunk them as well The LED's I got change colour with a remote but I just leave them on blue, that suits my boat. Sorry about the odd angle of the photos it has changed the rotation after I uploaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Thanks for sharing. I have the same problem uploading my photos they get spun 90degrees. That looks like a solid job. Nice work ? How do you toggle the lights on and off? How did you connect to the battery? Do you find the blue light affects your night vision? Do you need a head lamp still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
552Evo Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Thanks Luke, My boats a Centre Console so I've got a switch panel on the dash/helm where I grab power and have a dedicated switch for the "deck lights" it's even got a little name tag on the switch. Re blue light : because my deck is white I guess any colour light will be reflected well as you see in the photos but put it this way, I am going to mount a small overhead white led light on my TTop so I can tie up rigs at night. It's not enough light to play with fishing line at night for me ha ha. From memory the kit I got comes with a remote that you might be able to turn on and off with as well as change colours or have a light show so it may negate the need for a switch but I didn't want to have a lost remote in the future that's why I hard wired the strip to a switch and left out the remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy's Therapy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I have the same ones from Ebay, look great a must to clean before applying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omally Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 EBay's the go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Does this make it easier to view? The remote could be good, change the lights to red when some jetskier goes past at mach 12 5 metres from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I have the Aldi ones with remote still haven’t put them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA1990 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Bunnings fold out LED light, $30. No running of wires that will corrode, no drilling holes. Just throw in boat and turn on, will light up hole boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Just be aware led lights can have a negative affect on marine radios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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