Lights in the house??? Switch to LED???

[DCF]

This is my first perm house. We have 2 lights in there with 2 bulbs in them each. These seem to take alot of juice from the battery. We have removed 2 bulbs and it still seems to take alot. What are some good LED lights to get and do they give off enough light. They say they don't use much juice. Anybody made the switch.

[Sandmannd]

Do a search on here and you will find a lot of opinions. I like the Best China LED's. They are bright as heck and don't use a lot of juice at all. Never used them in a perm yet.

[walleyewild]

Incandesent lights will use much more current then leds, like up to 10x more.

You could rewire the sockets with led bulbs, there are so many options, I have the LED lights in my portable and wouldn't use anything else, one 24 light string is enough light to see by the 48 is more then enough to tie jigs with, with both on I could almost get a tan.

You'll get more opinions then you can shake a stick at, find what works for for the price you want to pay with leds you'll have more then enough light.

WW

[Kylersk]

I've got LED and regular lights in my house. You can find LED versions that will fit in the same socket as your normal light bulbs.

They barely draw any current, but the light is a lot different. I have fished out of my house with just the LED's but it takes some getting use to. If using LED's you may want to add another light fixture or so.

[db2]

I have three strands of white LED christmas lights in my permanent. Each strand only pulls 3.6 watts so I have plenty of light drawing less than 12 watts total.

[jigginjim]

Are you running your X-mas lites on 12 volts?

[KTapper]

I have some rope led 12v lights and I bought a led head light. I have a propane lantern but its a pain.

[db2]

Are you running your X-mas lites on 12 volts?

No I have them plugged directly into my Duracell Batter that has a built in inverter. If you have to go 12V you could just as easily go with LED rope lights instead of christmas lights. I'm not sure if you could snip the end off of the christmas lights and wire those directly to the 12V or not??

[caughtacase73]

We have a camper conversion that we wired with leds. I bought 1157 led auto bulbs and they throw off quite a bit of light. I also have single leds on a lead run down for hole lights. I have them on switches for the holes, a switch for lights above the table, and lights in the rest of the camper. I have 6 lights total not including the hole lights. I would guess I could run lights for an entire week and not have to charge my deep cycle battery.

As previously stated, leds are a different light. They are very white and take some adjusting. But not having to pull my battery every weekend is worth it.

[Vex Guy]

Here are some light options for perms..

http://fishhousesupply.com/12vlights.htm

Plenty to choose from!

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

I bought the 3' rope light, and it more like a night light. I can at least see my line though. I have them on a separate hook up to a deep cycle battery. If I see the line go done I just click on the 12v bulb to get more light then shut it off when I have my line back down. Works for me, this way I don't drain the battery with the big bulb on all the time. Diana

[chris63]

120v ac christmas lights will not work with 12v dc power.c63

[JSK76]

I went with a 25' white LED rope light and if I remember rigt the amp draw was .1 I figured I could run them almost 40 days straight on a 120 amp hour batt.

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

JSK your name isn't Josh is it?

I talked to a guy in fleet when I bought mine, and his step mom works there. This three foot light I bought is pretty much a night light in my house, but at least it's a good night light and doesn't draw too much from the battery.

[bobberal]

I have replaced all my lights in my house with the 1156 replacement bulbs for this company. The lights I purchased have 63 leds. They are a little pricey but I have been using these for over two years with no problems. Please note you might need either a 1157 or 1156 depending on the socket. All my RV lights required a 1156 bulb, and a polarity change on wiring which is common on leds.

check on e bay for US-Home-Direct leds

Al

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

For now I'll probably have to stick with what I have. The led string for a little light and turn on the 12v bulb when I get a bite, might have to look into it further after the ice is out, might be some good sales then.

[CJH]

Anybody use a few puck lights for general lighting, or is that too directional?

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

Are you talking about the ones that are like a stick up light? Hubby had a couple, very little lite from those. If that is the ones your talking about.

[crothmeier]

I have 12v Flourescent lights in my permanent. 2 fixtures, each has 2-15" flour. bulbs in it. Extremely bright, and they draw little juice. Can run the lights and a car stereo off one deep cycle battery for the whole weekend. I found them for about $30 per fixture

[Bigeye30"]

My vote is for the flourescent as well, you can usually order them from any place that sells campers. Ask for the twelve volt version, There designed to be run off of twelve volts. I think i paid around 30 bucks as well. I use on double fixture in a 7 x 12 and it's plenty of light. Can usually get about 10 nights of fishing off of one deep cycle with this setup.

[CJH]

I was referring to the under cabinet puck lights, since they come in flourescent, halogen, and LED's now.

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

The florescent ones sound like the way to go, may be checking into that for next years ice house purchase, gotta get it right eventually I say. lol Thanks for the information.

[crothmeier]

i ended up ordering mine from arizona someplace, i couldnt find anyone around here that had them (hardware stores, menards, home creepo,) so i googled it and came up with the place from AZ. I belive the fish house supply net site sells them now.

[I_icefish_in_my_sleep]

I wonder if a place in town could order them. Might have to see at Gander if they can or not.

[crothmeier]

if you got to fishhousesupplydotcom they have them on there. i do belive there is a store in Milaca that has them also.