Building your own underwater Led

[trayson]

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".

[Sdc77]

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

[Cusefan78]

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.

[Sdc77]

Great news man,
Witch led color do you choose ?
Is it 30x5050 SMD ?
Keep posting

[trayson]

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.

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...

[Cusefan78]

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.

[villain]

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.

[sgoyal]

RED lights are not good underwater light since they loose the intensity in the water.

Again, I might be wrong

[Sdc77]

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 ?

[Cusefan78]

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. image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg