Since I mostly fish at night, I’ve always had a light I would turn on when unhooking fish or even leave it on sometimes when there’s a lot of boat traffic at night. Always used a 12V standard house (E26) type bulb and progressed over the years from a standard 12V 50W bulb… then a 15W CFL… and now, just yesterday went to a 9W LED corn bulb. The light off this thing is unbelievable.
If anyone without a T Top is looking for an overhead light, this is the way to go. Lights the boat like it’s daytime and is only 9W, so you don’t have to be too concerned about what battery you hook to. Got it on Amazon.
Sorry, didn’t mean to imply it was a setup I purchased on Amazon…just the bulb. The rest is just 3/4" PVC (the thick kind), a cheap bulb socket screwed into the PVC and I ran some wire through the middle of the PVC from the socket to the bottom of the upper half of the PVC. The bottom half has a coupler glued to it and is attached to my console with tie wraps. That way I can just remove the upper half when I don’t need it.
I’ll get a pic later. I believe I’m going to put it to use tonight.
I’d like to know the “construction” set up, myself.
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This is what worked for me. The AC plugs are just temporary while I am checking it out before wiring the bottom half to a spare switch on my dash.
Top half
Bottom Half
Tigerfin, you’re right that white light can be blinding, but I don’t plan on using when under way other than flipping it on for a few when I hear the music blasting and see a red and green light on a pontoon with about 15 people on it coming my way at about 30 MPH after dark on a summer night… It’s up high enough to not be blinding inside the boat and that white light is great when having to tie knots, unhook fish, looking for something inside the boat, etc…
Will this bulb work in your standard alligator clip hookup rig to a 12V battery? I am looking for a different type of bulb for my seastriker gigging lights! I have been using the 12v 50W type you were talking about.
Will this bulb work in your standard alligator clip hookup rig to a 12V battery? I am looking for a different type of bulb for my seastriker gigging lights! I have been using the 12v 50W type you were talking about.
Yes. It will fit any normal bulb socket
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fishcrazy, like Chip said, any standard (E26) socket. The difference would be you’ll get more light and only be drawing about 20% the current you do with that 50W you’re using, so your battery charge will last much, much longer. In fact, since you are wanting it for gigging, you may want to check for a 12W or 15W instead of the 9W like I have.
fishingpox, those strip lights are nice. Besides, drawing bait and making it easy to see your rod tips, they’re something you have on all the time, so it makes you easily visible at night. The one I posted here would be annoying to leave on all the time where I have it. It does work real well in a clamp on utility light fixture pointed at the water to catch bait though.
