LED lights

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

I'm told they use 1/3 the power of regular lights and bulbs last almost forever.

Bob - If you remember, what brand did you use?

Dakota - Thanks for bringing this up, I'm thinking about switching over too. We swapped out the dome light over our radio box last year and they are much brighter.

Gerry,

Thanks for providing a site where I can post a question about LED lights! It almost seems like a no brainer. I'm trying to figure out which is the best brand name to go with and how many lights would be appropriate. On night trips we run radar, fish finder, radio and two portable flood lights which we hang from the launchers and run to a Honda generator we place in the bow. We also run the battery charger all night off the generator. The set up works well, but you have the noise of the generator all night, we have to fill it at least once and maybe twice during the night and carry all the extra hardware. Filling a hot generator at night if you're bouncing around is no easy task!

I was hoping we could configure the lights to have as much if not more lighting and still be able to run the radar, fish finder and VHF radio from the battery which handles the electronics. Not sure I can but that's the plan so we can leave the generator, gas cans and flood lights at the dock! If we can't, I think it still makes sense to go with the LED's because regardless it sounds like they give off more light and the draw sounds negligible.

Dakota