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RE: need help with lights

X-Shark — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:52:14 GMT

Really. WTF? :banghead:banghead

RE: need help with lights

Tuna Man — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:15:02 GMT

[quote][b]fishing with carl childers (7/10/2008)[/b][hr]i reckon you ain't much of a speller either ha ha .....get it?[/quote]

:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead

RE: need help with lights

fishing with carl childers — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:54:09 GMT

i reckon you ain't much of a speller either ha ha .....get it?

RE: need help with lights

X-Shark — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:29 GMT

Ah' Yes it needs a ground wire to complete the circuit. Auto's use the body /Frame of the vehicle as the ground path/wire. On boats you do not want to use the hull as a ground. 1st electricity will not travel thru fiberglass,so thats out and on a alum boat this is a bad idea due to electrolysis.

So a Ground wire must be run to the Neg battery post.

Now, let me talk about amperage draw. Those KC's draw a LOT of amperage. Depending on the length of run the wire needs to be sized correctly. There is a formula for this it's called OHM's law.

I'm going to stop now as I know I'm way over your head already. :)

RE: need help with lights

HIKE — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:58:07 GMT

i think i might kno a way to make them work. ill have to take a look at it tho.

if i am thinking right, running these lights off a 12v car battery, this would be similar to running KC fog lights on a truck. i have a couple on my truck and i never connected a negative wire to a battery. i ran wire from the battery to a switch then from the switch to the lights. but i did have to run a ground wire to the frame of the truck. if the lights dont have a ground then they wont work. instead of using a wire from a lamp, go to walmart and buy some electrical wire.

RE: need help with lights

X-Shark — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:53:08 GMT

HeHe As Biggamefishr said, but it is assumed that your using 12V bulbs. Right?

110V sockets have been used in the past a lot, but they screw 12V bulbs in them.

Now from your explanation, I don't have a clue as to what this contraption looks like.

This is why posting pixs take so much guess work out of what your trying to explain.

110V socket:

[img]http://images.lowes.com/product/converted/081069/081069001085md.jpg[/img]

The Binkman Halogens will glue inside a piece of 1in PVC.

[img]http://www.brinkmann.net/images/products/FlashlightsSpotlights/800-1515-0.gif[/img]

2 of these will give you all the light a Yak can stand. They draw 3.5amps each.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/FlounderRig005.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/FlounderRig004.jpg[/IMG]

RE: need help with lights

biggamefishr — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:52 GMT

ummmmmm...its not gonna work......12v and 110 are two completely different things....you'll need a generator to run that set up

need help with lights

flounderking — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:07 GMT

I building a light rig for my yak, but cant seem to get power from batt to my halo. Sounds dumd I know,

This is what i building its an under water light system using a two inch Y cap pvc in wich i bought three 50 watt halos, that fits into each y cap which there is four of so 12 lights all together.

assembly in the cap is just an outdoor light socket with a positive and neg wire, after hooking wires up positve to posi - neg to neg i cant even get one light to turn on maby bad connection but have tried everything to get it to work , wirenuts tape everything

I know im no ellectriacian , but it seemed preety simple when when i got the idea stuck in my head. the wire im using for batt wire is just a lamp cord from depot rated for 600 watts plenty big enough i think

Im getting preety frustrated any advise or tips would be greatly appriciated

"theres no rehab for fishing, And im no quitter"

-flouderking-:usaflag