LED light "mod" update

[BoxMN]

Just wanted to post a little test my brother did with one 48cm strip of "best" LED lights...

I use two strips in my shack with a spare vex battery, works great. So we got to thinking, and it doesn't take much to power these... We had an extra strip in our duck boat, so he connected it to a new (but not quality) 9 volt battery...

...it lasted three full days (72 hours) at a bright intensity, and another 2 days at much dimmer, but still lit.

So for anybody wanting to reduce some weight but still keep things bright, you could cut the 9 volt end off an old calculator and wire it in so you could just snap on a new battery. Carrying a spare battery would be light, and easy to change and I doubt any of us is out there with a light on for 72 straight hours

It also fits into a 1/2" (I think) clear plastic tube that would make it easy to mount to outside of boat gunwale for any anglers - he fishes muskie at night a lot, and wanted to test this for help in landing them at night.

Anyway, I was totally surprised and impressed that a little 9v would last that long! Easy lightweight and bright light with lots of hours in it!

[Sandmannd]

That's really cool Box!! I never would have thought of that.

[Quetico]

I was thinking about putting my led's in a clear plastic tube when mounting them in my trap Yukon. Protect the led's a bit. I dont want them getting damaged on the way out for the night.

[AJ]

Nice creative thinking. I am now going to do this in my portable. Would you say it is "[PoorWordUsage] bright" as the 12V Vex? Thanks for posting.

[BoxMN]

Yeah, the first couple days it sure seemed nearly as bright, but I have two strips on my vex battery, so can't do a total compare. But definitely brighter than most other lights you will find, and all with just 9 volt, and crappy 9 volt at that.

[pascooter94]

box, photos please. thanks

[BoxMN]

It is pretty ugly right now (wiring wise, as it was only test), but will have my bro fix the wires up and post some pics.

[HugoBox]

I'll get some decent photos in sometime this weekend hopefully. Since my brother never takes me ice fishing I needed something else to do with my time!!

[BoxMN]

Sorry for the delay - here are some pics,

Okay, Erik can give any details, this was posted in the muskies forum as well, for off season projects.

Erik's LED light on a 9 volt battery on the side of a boat for landing muskies at night.

Here a couple thumbnail pics for those not wanting to go to the link:

[bobberal]

I did the same to my boat for night time Wally landings. Except I purchased the 12 inch led strips from Cabelas, and wired them to my 12 volts source with a switch to turn on and off as needed with the interior led lights.

I also used the snaps for the boat cover to attached the led strips to side of the boat. I can take all them off when not using them so they do not get smashed on the dock. They also hold on the snaps good when running in waves at night...sure looks cool.