Ice house lighting?

[DEADhead]

yeah, it was not on their HSOforum. I picked them up in person. A couple friends of mine called in their orders to reeeds, and were able to get the thunder bay rope lights

[kenlaker]

I live on a small (100 acres) lake in Northern MN and alot of my winter fishing is done from my 4-wheeler pulling my fishtrap or Clam4600 out. Do you think I could run the rope lights for say, 3 to 4 hours from the acc. plug on the ATV and still have starting power left in the batt.?

[pathogen]

Walldoggie...or anyone else...., I ordered some of the HonLED lights and received them today. Can they be hooked up directly to a vex battery as they are or is there anything else that needs to be added so they don't fry....? I'm kind of inexperienced with LED lighting and don't want to burn them out. Thanks.

[walldoggie]

pathogen- yes you can hook them directly up to your vex battery, good luck and enjoy.

[pathogen]

Thanks for the quick reply---I think these lights are going to be awesome!!

[so haaad]

pathogen,

Yes, the hong kong lights are awesome. I have two strings on my FT Guide and it's the perfect amount of lighting.

[Sandmannd]

You'll love 'em. Walldoggie hit a small treasure on these. Nice price and light up a portable very well.

[Iceboy]

I love mine, too. Real bright on a fresh Vex battery charge!

[pathogen]

I finally got to put my new LED lighting to use this past weekend. These lights are great---one string in my Otter cottage and I'm golden! Looks like the ol' Coleman will be semi-retired from here on out, I figure the only time I'll ever use it is fishing in the open at night.

[Iceboy]

Yeah - they are nice!

[Orlip]

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For fish house lighting the electrical dept guy at Menards recommend that I use 12 volt incadescent light bulbs in a utility light ( cut off the plug and replace with alligator clips.) Does anyone know if I can use any standard lamp fixture with a 12 volt incandescent bulb? This would seem to offer a range of wide lighting options. Do the 12 volt incandescent bulbs draw a lot of current? Thanks

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I am using the clamp style heat lamp with the dome. Replaced the plug with aligater clamps put a 12v bulb in. Total cost around $10 and lights it up real well. This way I can set it outside when I pack up to see what I am doing.

[chris63]

Duck,the wattage rating of your bulb determines the amount of current your lightbulb draws.Say,a 25 watt lamp will draw 2 amps of current in a 12 volt system.25 watts isn't very bright but 50to100watt lamps draw alot faster and get really hot!100watts especially.Hope this helps some.Your question about utility lights,yes they will work just fine the way you described.c63

[mrwalleye_13]

Rope lights powered by a portable battery jumper.. i am sure soeone has that but ya there it is..

[jbird68]

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I imagine you could mount them to your shanty tubes with conduit clamps from a hardware store.

[pathogen]

jbird68,

If you have a way to power AC lighting in your shanty, those would probably be fine. I opted for 12 volt DC lighting because I could use a spare vex battery for power. More compact and lighter when dragging a house around all day. The HonLED lights are better than I had imagined and worked out very well for me.