lights in holes

[huntingislife]

Do you guys have lights for every hole in your perms? If so, do you mount them under the floor next to the frame or have them above the hole inside the house? What kind/size of light do you use, i.e. how bright?

[love to hunt]

I do not use hoe lights. I placed lights on the celiing in such a place as to light the area around the hole.

Use caution with hole lights. DNR say they can't directly shine on the water. I have learned the hard way.

[bigtimeelectric]

if you have a battery system the best way to go is to mount trailer marker ights on the underside of your house. get the side marker lights, they are orange instead of red. another way to go if you have a generator is to mount track lighting on the ceiling and put the lights above the holes. if you mount the marker lights below just be carefull where you run your wire, I've seen guys freeze the wire into the ice and have it ripped out when you move. either way I say go for it. It is very nice to have your holes lit.. good luck I can't wait to see the bobber go down

[huntingislife]

What color do you prefer then, amber?

[bigtimeelectric]

THE REASON i SAID ORANGE INSTEAD OF RED IS BECAUSE THEY ARE BRIGHTER. I SAY THE BRIGHTER THE BETTER.

[bwtrout]

I suppose a person could run the wire inside the trailer frame and attach the running lights to the inside of the frame by each hole?

[huntingislife]

So would it be best just to go with white or is that too bright?

[korn_fish]

I use those little landscaping lights for steps from home depot mounted above the holes. They are 12 volt that for landscaping purposes you would need to buy a converter, but not needed if you run off of 12 volt. The light bulbs are replacable, and you can buy replacement bulbs for cheap. Come with white 7 amp lights, I run with red 4 amp at night. I also wired each with its own toggle switch so of the 8 holes, I can only run the lights I need.

They also make replacement lights in green, amber, and blue. I wil be trying all this comeing winter for ease on eyes. the red was good, just never tried the others for effects on my eyes.

[huntingislife]

I was thinking I would go with red. Are the white ones too bright?

[Biggerfish]

Here's what I did.

Went to Axeman and found some LED book lights for $1.50 and bought one for each hole. Then went to Radio Shack and bought some wall plugs. Mounted a wall plug over eack hole. Modified the reading lights with the other end of the mating wall plug. Now these reading lights were 4.5 volts so I also had to convert 12v to 4.5v. This converter I also found at Axeman for $5.00. They work slick, at dusk I pull the lights out of the cabnet and plug into what ever hole I am using. I will post pick if you would like.

[bwtrout]

Please Do!!! Thank sounds pretty slick!

[korn_fish]

the white ones arent too bright, but I feel that lights, or shadows changing with lights can spook a walleye. And for me, sleeping at night, the white ones tend to keep me awake. In my previous shack, I used those little red marker lights from any auto store. That red was brighter than the red bulbs I use now.

[fishinalot]

One of HSO sponsors, Fish House Supply has a bunch of hole lights. Here is a link to them http://fishhousesupply.com/12vlights.htm

[Biggerfish]

If you plan on spending any time on the ice you must go with LED to save your battery's. I will post pictures, but it will be a few weeks as I have the house sored up north....

[huntingislife]

I ordered some red led bulbs off of hsolist. That should do the trick.

[Kylersk]

This is what I have for my hole lights. I'll eventually look at replacing the bulb with a LED version.

[huntingislife]

My shack came with small light fixtures with 1156 bulbs for each hole. I figured I might as well go with leds right away and swap the bulbs out.

[fishinalot]

How much are the LED version of 1156 bulbs?

[huntingislife]

I got 6 of them shipped to my door for $16.

[fishinalot]

where did you get them?

[huntingislife]

hsolist

[fishinalot]

I just found some, for around the same price.