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Fishhouse Lighting Questions.

Heater1

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Heater1 Newbie

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I have searched thru all the lighting stuff here and want to order the Led Lights from besthonLED, but i have a question. I have a Northland Fish house wich is 6x8 and am wondering wich Led's and how many sets you guys would go with? I tend to go overboard sometimes with things LOL and dont want to go overboard with the lighting. We do most of our fishing from dawn to dusk but occaisonally will do some slab fishing on URL or push for that last walleye on LOW as the sun sets. Also any other mods or ideas for the house would be awesome. Got it new last year and it is a nice House just looking for ways to improve it.

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Heater, I have the BestHonLED LEDs in my portable. I have 2 48 LED strips, but one is enough almost always. I don't have a perm house so this is purely my gut feeling---I think 4 strips would be enough for you. I'm sure some of the other fellows that have experience with these lights in a perm can give you a more definitive answer.

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harvey lee Grand Master

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After using these lights in my portable I would also agree that 4 would be plenty. The only other question I have is how much light are you looking for? Enough to make it bright as day or to be able to read?

If you just need enough to fish for a few hours past sunset and nothing else then 4 should do you fine. That should be plenty to tie jigs and gaff a fish if needed.

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I am running wires! I hate buying batteries! To me when I have a marine battery in storage in Otter, why have to stop at gas staion on the way out to pick up a double pack of AA.

I am going to run (fish tape) wires up conduit polls. I have always wanted to do this. If figure drill a little hole and apply a little rubber gromet and I would like to hot glue or wire tie L.E.D.'s to conduit support rods. This will help to keep them on all the time. add in a switch and bang. Fish on!

Add in a couple of Rusty's 1157's and you are mobile with all the light you need. cool.gif

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I have given very good thought to this light before. Not for the fish house, but the shop. I have seen it in action and would be a good back up tool..

I love the fact of hook up deep cell and with L.E.D.'s, fishing all night with out any concerns.

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anyone have any pics of thier portables while fishing with one or two of these honLED lights on durring he dark hours??? i would also like to rig up my clam5600 but not to sure how i wold do it but any ideas from you guys would be greatly apreciated

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I have some extra robo duck batteries laying around, not sure what voltage they are but would they work for powering up the led lights and a small fan? Otherwise i could use my fl20 battery. Thanks guys for all the info. Cant wait to be back on the ice again.

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I have a fishtrap guide and I have 2-13 LED lights I picked up at Checker. They are like driving lights, but for asthetic purposes I would guess. Anyhow, I point them down at the holes and they work great. I also have a headlamp I use for set-up and tear down.

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He mentioned that he has "some", as in more than one. So, he could hook them up in series and get the 12 volts he needs.

Heater1, I'm originally from Grand Forks, if you don't mind me asking, what's your last name?

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Broman, My Last Name Is Rosenau, been in Grand Forks for 15 years. As far as the battery deal i think a buddy of mine has a extra vex battery he doesnt use so that should work out just fine. Its getting close now with these temps!!!!!

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rockman Proficient

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Has anyone compared the BHK lights to the First Ice lights that Gander Mountain had last year? I think GM has those same lights under their own label this year.I bought several of the First Ice lights last year, so I am not looking for new ones,just curious how the two compare to each other

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just lookng at BesthonLED's
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and have most of you ordered the blue lights or the white lights?? and another question i know most people have the flip over style houses, how do you think wiring would work in a suitcase style house??

I use the white lights in two different portable houses. They should work fine in a suitcase style. I use to have a mankato style suitcase and the lights worked in there.

You will just need to find a way to hang them if your poles are on the outside.

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zamboni Grand Master

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Jiggin-

I have a Clam 5600, and am gonna put 2 of these below in it. I bought some Clam spreader pole clips and am going to run 2 pieces of conduit between the 2 spreaders and mount these on wood at the ends. I paid $9.99 each on hsolist for them, and it looks like daylight in my Clam with them on. Will post more pics this weekend after conduits all rigged up.

one of the units, turned off:

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In the Clam:

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At fleet farm they have those 12 volt lights that are cased in clear plastic and i bought 2 of them that I wired together and put a clip to connect them with the bars that gives more then enough light then u'll ever need. And on one battery i have had my lights run for 8 hours straight. and it only costs about 15 bucks for the whole setup. I have a clam 6800 that it lights.

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