LED LIGHTS

[dairyman]

If you guys are looking for lights for the fish house you got to check out these lights from Northerntool. I got two of em yesterday---they are BRIGHT!!!!cost --$11.99ea----run buy 3--AA batteries. They're on page 200 of their catalog #160797

[aanderud]

I don't have their catalog. Is it this one with 48 LEDs?

Do you use them both at the same time or did you buy one for a spare? What type of house? How focused or wide is the beam?

[dairyman]

thats the one---it is so bright that you don't want to look directly into. I"m getting a clam 5600 on saturday and will try them out then---------I'm sure they will do the job for me

I bought a rope light from Scheels (supposed to be for ice fishing) I took it back yesterday--what a joke..

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

Are 2 lights enough? I have a voyager and am debating which LED's to put in there. Those were the ones I'm most strongly considering.

[slipperybob]

I wonder if they have some black light LED's. It would be cool to see things glow. I'm not into really bright light, bothers me. I wear my RX shades when people would ask, is the sun too bright indoors?

[kudu63]

Any idea on how long they are suppose to run on the 3-AA batteries ?

[aanderud]

They say 30 hours.

[Zdaddy76]

Does anybody know if these can be wired to a 12v system?

---Zdaddy

[Ferny]

Slippery Bob, There are plenty of Ultra Violet LED products on hsolist. UV LEDs really make glow in the dark jigs bright and last a long time.

Try it you'll like it!

There is one bad thing though UV is harmful to human eyes!

Try for the LED's 400nm or greater and only use them to light your jig. Don't look directly into them! They make some that really can hurt your eyes! Use them for your black light posters

Ferny.

[slipperybob]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind...didn't realize that UV light from a LED could be dangerous.

[aanderud]

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Does anybody know if these can be wired to a 12v system?

---Zdaddy

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These things take 3 AA batteries, that's 4.5 volts assuming the batteries are wired in series. You could take the batteries out, wire 3 of these together in series, which would be 13.5 volts worth of LEDs. Hook that to your 12 volt battery, close enough. The lights would be nominally dimmer due to the 12 volts instead of 13.5, but you probably wouldn't notice the difference.

Seems like a PITA though. If you're looking for a 12 volt compatible one, I would just get a bulb/socket that's made for 12 volts. There's a place called goldengadgets where you can get lots of different bulbs with anywhere between 30 and 120 leds, specifically made for 12 volts. Just search on google for

led light bulbs camp lighting

It's one of the first 'normal' links google returns.

[Bryman02]

Thanks for the heads up dairyman!. I went and got 2 of the lights this morning from Northern. They were even on sale for $10.99. They were sold out but I got the first 2 off the truck this morning. They work GREAT. 24 AA batteries there were $3.99. Cant beat it.

If anyone is interested...They came from the Blaine Northern off of hwy 65.

[Sonicrunch]

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Thanks for the heads up dairyman!. I went and got 2 of the lights this morning from Northern. They were even on sale for $10.99. They were sold out but I got the first 2 off the truck this morning. They work GREAT. 24 AA batteries there were $3.99. Cant beat it.

If anyone is interested...They came from the Blaine Northern off of hwy 65.

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WOW Just WOW!

I just got mine for Northern in Burnsville and WOW is that thing bright. It was on sale for 10.99 also! It eve came with batteries!

[Coon]

ordered two online last night.

[Coon]

got my lites today.(the northern tools ones) a little on the chinsey side by my gosh, worth it cause they are indeed bright. hard to believe how bright.

[Johnsonator]

Will one of them light up the average size house? I have a fish trap guide and just ordered two of those lights of hsolist, but the ones I am getting have 36 LEDs and the option to run 12, 24 or all 36 lights. Hope they work, glad to hear everybody is happy with theirs.

[blueroof]

FYI, side by side the NorthernTool LED 4.5volt and the BestHonLED 12volt strips are not even in the same league. The strips are much brighter and emit a much whiter spectrum.

Obviously they are different lights and each have their merit. The donuts fit nicely around the Catch Cover multiflex rod holders, great for flashing baits or for side lighting, the push button switch is nice.

Hope this helps, LB

[jdndey]

I should be getting mine anytime since I ordered them online about a week ago. Are there any best practices out there of how to hang these things in a portable?

[cRaPpiEMaN8265]

i got these when they first came on sale back in november and they light up all my houses very well. i am also working on a thing to hang of the poles in my fish trap guide. I found a broom clip like one you attach to a wall then snap the broom in will wotrk well. i have not had the time to pick one up yet but i will be on my way up north this weekend. Great Lights for the money though i was very happy... i have even dropped mine in the water a few times and they go dim obviously but then just come right back once they are dried...

Later,

Ryan

[Johnsonator]

I was planning on hanging them from a hook right from one of my roof poles. If that is not in the right spot I thought I could run a rope from pole to pole then hang the light from the rope, that way I could slide the light where I like it best. Cant wait to get my lights.

[BoxMN]

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I should be getting mine anytime since I ordered them online about a week ago. Are there any best practices out there of how to hang these things in a portable?

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Long post -sorry if I repeated this from the other LED thread - sorry for my late night rambling...

JD, I have two 48cm strips, and use them both in my Otter cabin. Here is what I did, and so far it seems to work great - though only used them a couple times so far.

I zip-tied them to 12gauge (12 ga. so it is stiff) romex that was a bit longer. I then bent small curls into the ends of romex to "hang" over my main top pole. I left a space between the two strips, and this is so that when I put my support bar from top pole to front pole, it supports the middle of the wire strip from drooping in middle.

I spliced the LED power wires (very tiny, very thin) together with a thicker wiring, and taped it good. I actually used an old lamp wire, or something like that, so it would be stronger than the thin stuff. I used the 3/8" black tubing (with the slit in it, like on boat trailer wiring, etc.) to encase these wires, and taped it firmly to the 12 ga. strip, so it simply can't be pulled from the light strip itself. I.e. if you yank it, it will only yank on either the black tubing or the 12 ga. wire, so the wiring itself is protected.

On the bottom end, I put in a rocker switch to turn it on or off, right were the black tubing ends. From that the wire goes to an extra 12v vex battery. I did put a quick disconnect plug in between the battery and the switch - I simply used a 4-flat trailer harness (about $3 at FleetFarm) for this purpose, and am only using two wires for it. This makes it easy to disconnect for whatever purpose.

To connect to battery I just have those shielded slide connectors. I just figured that if others are with me, it is easier to tell them to flip the switch than to "connect + to + and - to -"

The black tubing just hangs down on whatever side of the shack you want it to. You can either find a permanent place for the battery, or so far I just set it on a divider plastic I have in the sled/tub, basically just sitting on the tub rail in back.

It seems like a hassle or a mess to do this, but it is very clean and simple and looks good, and I found a few cool reasons to do it like this.

1. since it is easy to attach to pole, or take down, I can have the light on all the way until my shack is fully down. I just layed them down on my bench and we used my light right up until my buddy's shack was also down and packed up and his lantern was cooling down.

2. We duck hunt in fall, and this will be easily transferred to our duck boat for great portable light.

3. It can be easily used in our fishing boat in the summer.

4. I can fold up the 12ga wire in half, and it stores in shack perfect.

5. It only cost me the $3 for the 4-flat plug, all the rest is just scrap you find around. ($3 for the switch if you don't have one around, Ace has it for about $3 I think.)

6. It lights up the shack like you can't believe! You can also position/bend the wire to "Aim" the LEDs sort of - aiming them forward works the best in the shack, rather than straight down.

Oh yeah, I also got the Reflectix from Fleet and installed it, wow, that combined with the LEDs is the real deal. Worth the $30, especially since it can do 3 two man shacks or 2+ larger shacks. My bro-in-law is doing his with the rest now.

You will love the LEDs! I just made my lantern obsolete in my portable

[Coon]

jdndey - I was going to try useing velcrow on mine and stick it to one of my support poles on the ceiling of the portable.

[tigerbalm2424]

Can anyone compare the light from one of these to a Coleman Oil Lantern? Im looking at getting the lantern because my neighbot has one and it lights up my 4X8 very well. But, if I can loose the cost of the coleman oil that would be great!

[jigguy1]

BOXMN, IF I CAN ASK,WHERE DID YOU GET THE LED LIGHTS FROM? IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD SET UP.

[Heft]

Reeds Sporting Goods in Walker also has a simular light. They are $11.99 and have three different light settings. One is plenty to light up my voyager.