Led lights

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by giantfan

I went with ribbon lights and it is super easy to install. Just hooked them up to my existing courtesy light switch and circuit and mounted them with phenoseal caulk. They have been on the boat for 4 years so far with no problems at all. The light from under the gunnel in the picture are the ribbon lights, I also have my spreader lights on too, but I think you can get an idea how much light they are throwing.

My over head courtesy light are tri colored and I find that I use the blue most of the time and hardly ever use the red as I can see the water much better with the blue and it's softer on the eyes.

I think I paid a total of $100.00 for the ribbon lights for 16' (8' on each side)

Looks cool - On the ribbon lights you say you mounted them with phoenoseal caulk. So do you just lay a bead of caulk on the fiberglass under the gunnel and the ribbon lights stick to the caulk??. I would guess you need to tape them in place or something temporarily until the caulk dries??

[giantfan]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Looks cool - On the ribbon lights you say you mounted them with phoenoseal caulk. So do you just lay a bead of caulk on the fiberglass under the gunnel and the ribbon lights stick to the caulk??. I would guess you need to tape them in place or something temporarily until the caulk dries??

Exactly! Put a bead of caulk on the light itself and used blue tape to hold it up till the caulk dried. Been thru some rough seas to say the least and they haven't budged.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Sounds like an easy install since I already have some regular courtesey lights under the gunnel. Take them out, wire the Led to those same wires and I'm done.

I've seen some of these ribbon lights that are red and white on the same strip so you can switch between the 2 as well as Red Green and Blue on the same strip that come with a remote to allow you to mix and make almost any color light you want. Pretty slick..