Fish house lighting

[slabberknocker]

I am going to be building a couple permanents on skids this fall and I have everything figured out but the lights. I would assume most lights will run on a 12 deep cycle. What kind of lights would you recommend. The shacks will both be 6x12. How long will they last on one charge. Do you pull the battery out each day when done. I will only be running lights on these, no microwave, radio, ect. These will be used as rentals so I want something that will work and wont go dead in the middle of the night. Any help would be great.

Slab

[LMITOUT]

If conserving battery power is the goal, it's impossible to beat a LED style lamp. There are many LED options on the market and it really boils down to how much you want to spend. They come in all shapes and sizes and will run many times longer on a battery charge compared to a regular filament style bulb. A typical camper-style overhead light requires an amp or more to operate, while a similar LED bulb only needs milliamps.

[hanson]

I will agree with LMITOUT's comments!

LED = very little to no draw on the battery.

Incandescent = uses a little juice.

In my shack, I have 3 RV style lights on the ceiling. Each light has 2 small incandescent bulbs. I have stayed in my shack 4 nights straight with all the lights on and have not run out of juice. I run my lighting off of a typical Deep Cycle Battery. I always have a full charge when I bring it out to my shack. Like I said, I have never run out.

I also make sure I shut the lights off during the day as I have good daylight coming into the shack. If I had clients in the shack, it would be hard to enforce that policy.

[slabberknocker]

Limit, Hanson

Thanks for the reply. That sounds like the way to go. Where would I find these types of lights? Would I need to go to a RV store? Hanson if you dont mind me asking what brand do you have? It wil be hard to enforce with clients, but I am going to have two windows in there and I will just have to remind them to shut of the lights in the morning.

Thanks

Slab

[papabear]

does anyone know of a way to rig 12 volt lights to a 120 generator through some type of convertor?

[Jim Almquist]

Slab Google BesthonLED and you will find a place that has waterproof lights.Go down the left side to LED tubes,LED strips. they will come in 12,24,48 cm strips and are 12 volt ready. You can pay for with paypal.

[Borch]

Also do a search for LED RV lights. Several places have these and they would work great in a permanent shack.

[fishinalot]

Slabber,

Check out www.fishhousesupply.com they have just about any 12 volt light you can think of, and they are one of FM sponsors.

[slabberknocker]

Thanks a lot guys for the help. The final step in the plans is figured out. Now we can build and I hope to get a lot of use and business out of these.

Slab

[mustangt69]

go on hsolist and type in 48 led wide mr16.....seriously i dont think you can beat these. they are not cheap but on 2 deep cycles i bet you could run 6 of these all day and all night with out charging for a week easy probably 2