LEDs for the Seadoo Speedster

So I order some LEDs for the boat. They are fully submergable and obviously waterproof. Maybe Jeremy next time he comes to town can help wire them up. They run off a standard 12v so wire them up and get a switch.

http://www.oznium.com/high-intensity-led-floodlight

http://www.seadooforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1187&d=1230569511

I was going to get blue but the water pigs are kind of douchers in Oregon so thats that.

SICK! I wonder if I can get those to increase visibility on the hog...Hmmm?

OMG I didn't even think about it. But would it be legal? Jeremy, or any nerd I guess if I were to run these off a switch what would the diagram look like?

This looks like what I need to do. Need help with wiring diagram calling all nerds

That diagram looks good. How many were you thinking of wiring up? Each 1-Watt LED would draw about 83mA current from 12VDC, so size the switch and fuse to total amps (mA x 1000).

I wouldn't count on LED for headlights though. Their light is usually really diffused, not focused, so better for show and glow than a headlamp (unless you pile a bunch on, yeah!).

Not a head light, you hit it on the head with the show and glow comment. The only two items I am worried about it is wiring it properly and how much juice these puppies will suck from my boat battery.

700 cranking amps 12VDC

The big LEDs use 1W which I would asssume is nothing.

I am going to order the small ones if I can get the other ones installed pretty easily. Dan is going to help me on Sunday to get the boat dialed in.

Let's see - if your battery can supply 700 amps then it could power over 8400 of these LEDs. I say try it!

Seriously, a crappy Audiovox head unit would draw ten times as much as one of those LEDs so no worries there. Sorry to be in a rush on the phone yesterday - I was thinking about parts here you could also probably find at Schucks:

http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032289

Just an idea, but you can take the positive lead to fuse into a dual-row barrier strip, and add the 8-position jumper (if you don't feel like chopping up a bunch of cable bits) to connect the leads, then run each wire out from there. You could also daisy chain. Call this afternoon and let me know how it went!

A special thanks to Dan and Casey for helping with these lights. We all wish Jeremy could have been there we probably would have saced like 2hrs. Dan did a great job of pin-Pointing some key issues in my crap Daisy-Chain wiring. Any who without futher typing I giving you the light-up with git-up ride.









Hope you enjoyed the pictures

I did enjoy, looks great!

Where did you take the pics?

Jeremy wrote:

I did enjoy, looks great!

Where did you take the pics?

In my driveway! You have to see it in person. It's fucking killer!

I even tested one as a motorcycle blinker...It worked!

yeah thanks Jeremy for all the tips on where to get stuff, I would have been lost trying to get it all at WalllllY-Trash.

Jeff,

You're welcome. I wish I had been there!

Dan,

Nice driveway! You should get these blinkers on all four.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the install, Steve thanks for slowing the process down but also moral support I guess ( ) is what counts. Man they look great, only a couple weeks left until the July camping trip.

Well done, that boat's lit up!!

Here are a few pics from my angle...




Casey's E-Harmony pic...

Gonna need to get pic #6 from you that is a great angle.

Got the covers installed for the LEDs, need to clean the 8200 silicone off but other than that they look great. I am gonna trial the size and see if they need to be shorten or if they put out a perfect amount of light.

2 thumbs WAY THE FUCK UP!

Wow you didn't waste any time this morning it looks awesome

Wish I was there, hey where's the picture of Jeff swearing at the wires and Steve texting from his undercover number?

Jeremy wrote:

Wish I was there, hey where's the picture of Jeff swearing at the wires and Steve texting from his undercover number?

Oh I forgot to post that one it is right here.

I didn't know Steve had nunchucks!