Thanks for the Mod ideas (pics)

[rusty ironMan]

I've been reading this forum for the past 2 years and have seen many great ideas for portable mods. So I figured I would get the camera out and show of the latest additions to my Eskimo Quickflip II.

-I opted for using a bucket seat and chair, rather than mounting boat seats. Half the time I'm on the lake I'm outside anyway.

-Added 2 strings of LED lights from besthonLED, also mounted 2 1157 (19 LEDs) lights to point towards the holes.

-Also put in a 12v fan from an old PC. Wired them all to switches in the compartment, along with a 12v power outlet.

[Reynolds]

Heckuva nice job on that mod How do you like your strip lights from BestHonLED? I bought a bunch of those strips myself and ended up needing only one strip in my one man shelter. I can' believe the amount of light those things put out

[rusty ironMan]

The LEDs work great!! I could get by with just the 2 strips. The 1157s really light up the corners (and they were less that 1/2 the cost of the strips). I'll never use a lantern again.

[jwhjr]

Looks nice, those lights are definitely bright.

[FrontenacPike]

Hey Rusty if I just wanted to run 2 strips of LED's how much light do they generate and how big of a battery would I need to get?

[rusty ironMan]

The 2-48 LED strips give off plenty of light to tie knots and see anything else in the house. Below is a picture without the flash. They do give off a slight blue tint, but it's no big deal. In terms of battery, I have a spare 12v 7amp (vexilar) battery that I'm using. It fits right under the bait bucket. From what I've read on other posts they will run for days off of one battery charge. A quick search on this forum for LED lighting will give you hours of reading.

* photo was taken with a tripod, 5 second exposure, no flash

[schweady]

Thanks for the ideas, rusty.

Any chance of some closeup pics and explanation on how you did the wiring for the strip lighting and fan, connections, etc.

And how you got an audience with Lord Stanley's Cup?!?

[DzNuts]

Looks great, Rusty. I hope I can get mine to turn out that nice.

I'm guessing those other LED's are replacement 'bulbs' for a car. I like that idea, maybe I'll try something in red.

[rusty ironMan]

Here's a few closeups of the wiring. It is not very pretty and I need to clean it up a little. This picture has only one of the lights hooked up, but hopefully you'll get the picture. The terminal strips & fuse block came from RadioShack.

As for the Cup... I went to high school (Bemidji) with Joe Motzko (of the 2007 Anaheim Ducks) and got to go to his parent's house when he had the Cup for the day. Good times... drank out of it and took 200+ pictures of it...

[schweady]

Thanks rusty. Just 8 posts and already a huge contribution to fm. Welcome aboard.

[ilovehardwater]

Awesome job with the mods wow we have the exact same setup with the computer fan in the middle of the 2 led strips.. Great work. BT

[OldBear]

I'm impressed young man. Very neat job well done.

[hanson]

rusty IronMan-

Just talked to you tonight at the Ice Frenzy Show I believe. Very nice mods!

[hooksetter]

This is a great set up. Can you explain how you put together those 1157's? That would be a nice addition to my set up.

[rusty ironMan]

Here's how I made the 1157 lights. After ordering the lights I realized that I should've ordered 1156 lights. The 1156 are either on or off. The 1157s have a low and high light capability. An 1157 socket will have 3 wires, 1156 have 2. They are the same size.

First drilled a hole in the end cap. Attached the ¾" pipe hanger to the end cap with a small stainless steal flathead bolt & nut. The pipe hangers have a recessed hole for the flathead screw/bolt. Then notch out the PVC pipe with a hacksaw, to fit the wires. Then assembled all the PVC parts with the wire. Connected the wires with 16 gauge butt spices to the socket. The socket has a snug fit in the coupler, so I did not glue it in.

FYI, I don't know how the pipe hangers are going to hold up in cold weather. I found all the parts at fleet farm. Also saw the sockets at an auto parts store.

I'm going to have the Mrs. sew together some Velcro strips so I can attach the wires to the poles in the fish house. That way if I want to have a little more light when pulling the sled off the ice I can just grab one of these, unhook it and use it like a flashlight or move it to the pulling end of the sled.

[hooksetter]

Thanks Rusty! I now have a little project to keep me happy this week.

[dan z]

that is just sweet, you could make some ching dolla if you would have a shop and modify others as well.

[TiNK3R]

Nice job!

[kwiggy]

I could tell by the quality of work you were a BHS graduate! Excellent job, you must have taken advantage of Bemidji's aewsome industrial tech dept classes.

class of '85