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Jasun good replication looking. Some bubbles left. Maybe your resin is not adequate to do this job. On the packing we understand it's more a protection resin than a real inclusion resin. "INCLUSION" resin is made for this thick job. In general you have no any bubble after pouring. I can't find it in english on google, even when I tape "epoxy inclusion resin", I only find french website with this search. Maybe I didn't translate it properly ?
Inclusion resin does those things :
http://www.aquila-resinedeco.fr/Pict...n_groupe_3.jpg
Anyway, your led will work just fine.
Good link above, I didn't know about water absorbtion. But with our leds, we don't target a 20' brightness, so the red ones will be more powerful than my blue ones.
So don't worry man !
When I fixed it to the boat, I used hard house electricity wire, as you can get the target you want (almost). You start from the outside of the boat and you push it with a hook form behind the tank. Then you use tape on your leds wire attached to the hard wire and you pull it :)
Keep posting, I'm really curious to see it in water ;)
Lookin great!! Can you let me k ow where u ordered the black buckets from? I prolly missed it in the thread somewhere I'm sure.
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villain, look at the first page and message of this thread, I edit my post, there are links for leds and black buckets (just Under the bucket picture) ;)
So I'm trying this now. I just ordered the cups and the bulbs. I went with blue. My only question is will the epoxy you put on Bartops work. I'm in the same boat can't find that inclusion epoxy either
Something like this?
http://www.amazon.com/Pebeo-Gedeo-Cr...nclusion+epoxy
I would imagine you'd be able to find it at a crafts store like Micheals
NorCalPR, this resin should be fine.
It's epoxy, crystal clear and for modeling.
As soon as somebody find the perfect resin to do it, like the link above, I will edit my first post with it. This way everybody will be able to replicate with all necessary stuff.
Good luck with replications guys :)
How about this stuff?
http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix;...16oz./12356345
Your link doesn't work on my PC Cusefan78
Sorry here's a photo of it.
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Seems to be good !
Ok perfect. Thanks. Ill post pictures after I make and install them. I was thinking about putting three on the transom. One on each end and one in the middle. Thoughts?
More led = more brightness
I can only say "action" ;)
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Better link: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Environmen...16oz./12356345Quote:
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Cast-32-oz.jpg
Before poking holes, I would be inclined to use temporary wires hooked to the switch, (so run the wire over the stern), put the lights where you think you want them and see the result in the water you use. Then you would be able to gauge their effectiveness and location. (Move 2 to one spot, spread them out more, etc) All with 2 lights at the time, then determine if you want more or less.
I like your thinking... i was debating doing 2 or 4 lights... I think I will velcro them on for a test and see how they look... and see if I need 4 of them.Quote:
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Great idea I'm going to try that over the weekend
Just to give everyone a heads up. That dx website is in china it took a week to prepare shipping and its going to take another 2 weeks to arrive at my house. I would avoid that site. There are other sites I found later. I would recommend superbrite.com. Also the dx doesn't have any working numbers either.
Anyone ever buy from www.oznium.com ? I have purchased LED's from them for my car with great success. Thought I would throw that out there.
oznium doesn't have the 30x5050 SMD Led MR16 (12v) buld.
For that project, you will need this kind of Led. Oznium sells a mono led marine for $18. It's only 11.7Lm in blue color. My Led is 7 times more powerful for half price and some hand work.
In France I found a website that sells a 24x5050 SMD led (the one I used). They are made in china but they have leds in stock, so I got it in 2 days.
Simply find a US website that have it in stock ! You can also check on eBay.
Can you tell me about these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MR16-4W-Pure...3919%26ps%3D54
Versus these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MR16-470nm-5...919#vi-content
The second link is the 5050. But the first link is the 3568smd and I am not sure how they would compare... The first link is less money, but I don't want to buy an inferior product.
Nevermind, I figured it out. the 5050 is a lot brighter: http://www.flexfireleds.com/pages/Co...5050-LEDs.html
I ordered some supplies to make some of these. of course the LED's from China will be probably 3 weeks out. But that's life. I ordered supplies to make more than I need, so I'll have some extra ones that I can sell at a profit to go towards my "tower speaker fund".
Hi trayson,
The 3528 is a 1 luminous dot led.
The 5050 is a 3 luminous dots led.
Means a 60x3528 is 60 dots. A 30x5050 is 90 dots. Still 1,5 times less bright than the 30x5050 ;)
So I finally got the bulbs. I made three of the transome lights today and I'm going to install them this week. I can't wait ill post pics on Monday.
Great news man,
Witch led color do you choose ?
Is it 30x5050 SMD ?
Keep posting :)
Likewise. I got my blue SMD's this week and last week I got the resin and the plastic pieces too... Of course, I've got a list of projects a mile long so not sure if this one will make the cut right away. Especially since it means drilling holes and running new wires...Quote:
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I went with blue also. Made three of them one for each side and one for the middle. Those 5050smd are crazy bright. I tested them off my car battery and saw spots for a few hours. I can't wait to get up north to the boat so I can install them. Ill post pics on Monday.
Everyone is saying the 5050 smd's are bright. Got 4 red ones and I think they suck. So bad that I'm actually going with the life form LEDs on my boat. Maybe I bought the wrong ones. They are the 5050 with 30 lights each.
RED lights are not good underwater light since they loose the intensity in the water.
Again, I might be wrong
Yes sgoyal, jasun gave a link on page 5 for underwater color intensity. But it seems to be true for 20' and more.
villain, sorry to read this. The blue ones are powerful, you can't look it directly, then you will see blue dots for few minutes.
Do you keep that color for your boat ? Will you test it in water ? Do you have pics of it out/in water ?
Well put my lights in over the weekend. They are brighter then I anticipated. Everyone on the lake was commenting in them. This really is a great DIY project with a professional look when complete. Attachment 13009Attachment 13010Attachment 13010Attachment 13012
How many did you end up using and where did you mount them?Quote:
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I have supplies for more than I need, so I was thinking that I'd do 3 or 4 on my rear transom...
I put two in. I have a third made that I may add over the winter. I mounted them between the exhaust flaps and the mounts for te swim deck. Getting the wires up is a pita. I had to take the blower covers off and reach down to pull them up over the gas tank then feed them over the tank to the wire tube then hooked them to my kicker speakers that have LEDs built into them. The one thing that annoys me is that back factory light that is clear. Thinking about getting a blue bulb for that also. Does anyone know what type bulb goes in there. It's the one that's in the center of the transom. Comes on with the from nav light.
It's a festoon bulb, just take it out and measure it in millimeters and that will correlate to a size on a website like www.superbrightleds.comQuote:
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However, I would advise against changing that color. It's designed to be white as part of your navigation lights to signal that it's the rear of your craft. I think that changing it to blue would be quite frowned upon by any sheriff, coast guard or other law enforcement. I will probably change my white incandescent festoon bulb there to a WHITE led. But I won't be changing my rear white nav light color. Where I boat, we have Washington and Oregon law enforcement as well as US Coast Guard. Too much heat for me.
Yeah I'm on a small private lake that's 5 miles by two miles. Very few boats out at night and never any police. I was thinking rgb but I'm either going to pull the bulb, put a blue bulb in or an rgb that I can change from blue to white when I want.
Nice replication Cusefan78. And kind comment on the DIY thing, thank you !
Hope you will enjoy your night excursions ;)
I did replace my incandescent rear light with by a white led. As trayson said, I kept it white because of laws. Anyway if you stay on your private lake you can do what you want :D
I tested one of my blue SMD's last night. They seemed pretty bright. so many projects though, this might end up waiting until winter (since I have to pull the gas tank and work on the rudder anyway in the winter.)Quote:
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Glad to read that my DIY underwater led is in minds.
That will be a good winter with many réplications :)
I also plan to add a 3rd led in the middle.
And maybe to work on a v2 of this concept with 3 high power Cree leds with directive 60° or 30° lens. The main difficulty with that idea will be to find the plastic holder in aluminium or stainless steal, acting as a heat exchanger for the HP leds.
Keep posting pics of your réplications guys ;)
Cusefan78, did you use the resin you show on page 6 ?
Do you have pics of the leds after pouring ? Do you have bubbles ?
Need this informations to update my first post with a link for a good époxy resin in the USA.
Thanks ;)
Yes I used that resin. No bubbles and they are crystal clear. I didn't take any pictures, wish I did. Been really busy with work. I bought the resin at micheals it was around $20 with the hardner.
GOOD TO HEAR! That's the same stuff I bought off Amazon. Glad I have the right stuff.Quote:
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