Has anyone ever tried it? I think that my Yak will be a great platform but I need some help. What kind of lights can I run off of a battery? How many lights? How long can I run them? As you can tell I have no idea . I was picturing using the side rails and the front handle on my PA to mount clamp lights. I would like them to run about 4 hours. I really want to make this happen and I look forward to everyone’s thoughts. Thanks.
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I have though about this… I suspect LED lights will be your answer… They have those tent lights at Wally-World, round, 20 or so LED, run on batteries…
Check out this site for possible solutions… Lots of 12V bulbs, so should be real easy to use 12V Led Floodlights with a standard battery. Just chek the amps, to determine amp hours…
ive been interested in that too, let me know if u want me to go out with you sometime. i have to do the light setup as well, but ive already got a battery and a charger. should be fun, would not wanna go out alone though.
I am thinking that high output LED lights are the way to go. They should last a long time, but I need to find out how to protect them from the water
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I am thinking that high output LED lights are the way to go. They should last a long time, but I need to find out how to protect them from the water
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No need to… They are generally water proof by design.
Though as you know, Salt Water is a seperate beast… But then you have to account for that with traditional lights.
One benefit of LED lights, you can get different colors, some of which may make it easier to spot flounder and less likely to sppok them… Something you might want to play around with…
I just purchased a Native paddle pole and plan on using it as a gig. I am purchasing an extra tip and threading it for a flounder gig, but in the mean time i plan on using just as intended, poling around lookin for tailers!!
Thanks Jimbo and Native for the advise and help.
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I am thinking that high output LED lights are the way to go. They should last a long time, but I need to find out how to protect them from the water
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I got some last year from “ScarabChris” on THT. They’re designed to be submerged transom lights. They’ll run 3 or 4 trips on battery. </font id=“blue”>
try the nite-ize website. I found led lights with different colorlamps on the opposite end that run on watch size batteries. I’m not sure that they will be large enough for what you are doing but maybe they have something else. the lights are also waterproof to 1000 ft and visible up to 2 miles. I’m running a variant of these lights on the front of my yak as running lights and a scotty on the rear. you might also try some underwater lights for boats that are led. I know a guy that has some on his boat and the led units only pull about .25 amps. on a small 12v battery like a deer feeder battery you should be able to get about 6 “good” hours on a 12 amphour battery before the light starts dimming
