juggernaut1
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- Apr 19, 2015
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- Boat Info
- Boatless - sold Searay 38 Sundancer
- Engines
- 8.1’s
Lumiitec Seablaze X's (white and blue with fade/strobe) on my boat - they were under $300 from Northern Marine Electronics.
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They are $399 there now -Lumiitec Seablaze X's (white and blue with fade/strobe) on my boat - they were under $300 from Northern Marine Electronics.
View attachment 52737 View attachment 52736 I used 6 SeablazeX blue light spaced every 30” Seablaze lights are cheaper but you will need more lights to do the job. Use 4200 or equivalent sealant. You may have to remove them someday. You can remove them with 5200 but you will have a tougher time. Drill a 1/2” hole and use enough sealant to do the job on a sanded clean hull (no bottom paint).
You do not need to go the epoxy route and then redrill, you won’t get any water intrusion if you do it correctly.
The lights will draw 3.7 amps, the light comes with about 4/5 feet of wire, use good butt connectors with shrink tubing at the connection all wrapped in a split loom. All wires should be connected to a fused panel (each light should have it’s own 5amp fuse.
Install a relay at the panel operated by a switch at the helm, your Carling switch is not able to operate all of the lights, you need to use a relay. Each light is 3.7amp X 6=22.2 amps. Your switch is probably a 20amp maximum switch. NG! The relay can handle 40 amps. And remember to use the correct guage wire, use a guage & amp chart. The maximum fuse is determined by the wire guage not the load, don’t over fuse a small guage wire. I ran 18/2 tin copper.
If you want, I’ll send you some pics on my install.
Good luck,
Bow Tie
View attachment 53417 View attachment 53415 View attachment 53416 Here are some pics of 6 SeablazeX lights I installed along with a underwater camera connected to the cockpit tv, I looks like a fish tank in clear water! They draw 3.7 amps each at 12vdc. If you run all 6 through one relay you will get a voltage drop of 1.5 volts, split the lights on two fuse blocks, each panel powered by its own relay using one switch at the helm.[/QUOTE
That looks awesome!! Thanks for the pictures.