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RocketRich

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Rocket: Get a hold of some LED truck backup lamps. Great light and they draw very few amps. I had on running for 4 days on a VEX battery and it was still full bright. I turned it off because I felt that was long enough for any trip before re-charging... Many of the larger truck stops have them for replacement on the "Big Rigs". Several of the guys on this site have used them too.... Kaz grin.gif

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Rocket-

I recently ordered some water proof led lights from hong kong, the are in a flexible rope light type led i should be recieving them shortly. they are 48 leds in a 18 in section kind of like the lb1 and lb2 that ppl were ordering from superbright leds. Except there are more bulbs in a shorter section, and flexible versus in a fixed housing. Once i have set them up and installed them i will post further information on if they are dump or they are wonderfull.

Also i have seen the lights that captkev was usiing for his house on some HSOforum, i have heard good things about them and i think they run about 19 bucks for 1 or 35 for 2.

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Well, i went and bought the LED Light strip that clam has but i was disapointed with the small amount of light it gives off. But i purchased a 24 LED light of the HSOforum that they had the article about on here awhile back, it works great and gives of a ton of light great buy for $10 smile.gif

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I just bought a few lights from spectrumled.(you-know-what). (3) overhead 24-led fixtures; 10.00 each, and some 2-pack 5-led red or white strips for hole lights; 5.00 a pair. The overheads work great, wide dispersion from a small fixture. Paypal and no problems shipping; 3 days to my door step.

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Gus Veteran

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Here is a picture of a light we built using 1157 LED bulbs. We have since upgraded to the 30 LED bulbs and they work great. It's SUPER bright with the 30 bulb units. We use two 30's and 2 15led bulbs in a fishtrap Voyager and it's more light than we need. We use just the 15's or sometimes the 30's in Fishtrap Pros. We can clip the lights on any pole anywhere in a fishtrap house. grin.gif

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Gus Veteran

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I picked up a package of 6 clips from Thorne Brothers. I think you could order them right from Clam as well but Thorne does a pretty good job of having replacement parts available for sale. I don't recall the exact price but I'd say less than $10.

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schweady Experienced

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McGurk and WildBill:

Was that the dome light at the top of their "fixtures" page? (Utility Light Item #24 LED $9.99) Any problems with that one? I think I read that other members had received defective stuff from that company. Was it pretty easy wiring it the way it came, or did it need a lot of other materials?

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hey schweady,

Yah thats the light and it seems to work fine, i just zip tied it to the top pole of the portable and ran the wiring down to the battery a little bit of extra wired was needed to reach the battery but thats about it. It reallt puts off good light compared to other lights i have tried.

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magicstix Community Regular

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kudos to who ever thought of this, I think this might be answer to lighting a portable. I like your clip idea Gus. Has anyone tried the 24led matrix 1 style? and with a 1157 style you could have high and low beam? 2 lights adequete for otter cabin? I'll probaly order some this week.

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McGurk Grand Master

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It's the Jumbo aquarium light that you can get in different colors. Works great, way different color spectrum than the incandescent lights (yellowish) before. No shipping problems, screws and 6 ft attached leads of wire included and ready to go.

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SteveD Experienced

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I kind of went a complete other direction. I bought one of those Power Pacs that has a DC outlet. It is basically a rechargeable 12volt battery pac that you see around. I got this one at Northern on a closeout - cost $18. Then I went to Menards and bought a DC 20 Watt trouble light in their lighting Department. The light has a 20' cord and packs up in a small bundle that I store in a small box. The light has a hook on the end that hangs easily from my portable icehouse frame. The light was on sale for $8. This setup works great and I also use it in my boat for additional night lighting.

I also have a plug in 75watt power inverter that will plug into the battery pac DC outlet and converts the DC power to AC. I can then run a variety of AC equipment if I want. Works great for a small TV or other small watt appliances.

I tested the light in the battery pack over the weekend and it ran all night and was still going.

Pretty simple approach to lighting that did not require any construction plus the DC to AC inverter gives you additional options.

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Got my light today, all i have to say is WOW, 1 light lights up the whole house. I was kinda worried that it would take 2 from reading all the posts, but i am sufficently happy with the out come. i will try to post some pics 1st one is looking up at the light to show you what it looks like the second same pic with flash and the third is shooting the bench seat with out flash to show you how bright.

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Rob

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