prawning light in progress

hi guys

just got my new lights for prawning this year(still in progress)

 

60 led's per meter, submergable, 1.2amp draw per meter

 

i am running 4x 2.5mtrs strips on a pvc pipe setup that hangs of the towing hooks at the back of the boat, alot better than the halogens i tried a few weaks ago, with much less amp draw.

 

will try to get some in water shots soon and put up some pics.

 

bring on the prawns!!!

cheers

ron

 

 

 


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Looks good Ron! Bright enough

Mon, 2011-02-21 21:37

Looks good Ron! Bright enough for me to anchor up in your light and scoop some prawns I recon! haha

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Submersible

Mon, 2011-02-21 21:39

is the go, less glare. Looks good mate. cheers Pete

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see if i can get out this

Mon, 2011-02-21 21:39

see if i can get out this weekend for a test!

not long to go

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Bright

Mon, 2011-02-21 22:56

Now thats a real bright idea Ron.  Hope it works as well as it looks because it would be worth trying up here for squid at night over the weed banks.

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Good idea Ron.  Let us know

Tue, 2011-02-22 05:35

Good idea Ron.  Let us know how you go.  How much for the lights and where did you get them from?

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got them from china, $126 for

Tue, 2011-02-22 06:36

got them from china, $126 for 10mtrs including post by dhl.

you can buy it by the mtr and have them cut to any lenght you want.

or buy a 10mtr roll and cut them yourself, you can cut every 3 led's which is about 3 inches and resolder the wires on.

 

prior to this i was running 6x 35watt halogen down lights, which drew alot of amps and also they got water in them even after bombing the silicon on.

these seem to be just as bright.

cheers

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Night squidding with that for

Tue, 2011-02-22 06:32

Night squidding with that for sure ron. Never done prawning dont know anything about it . They chase the light do they ron?

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markoas far as i am aware the

Tue, 2011-02-22 06:40

marko

as far as i am aware the light scares them and makes them dive deep,

so the idea is to have good light around the boat to see them without penatrating to far out to make them dive.

obviosly i anchor backwards in the fast moving tide so you can stand at the rear of the boat and scoop em up as they come by.

cheers mate 

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 they look great ron where

Tue, 2011-02-22 23:15

They look great Ron where did you get the idea from?

Don't know why I didn't think of it.

 

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hey crushed....you look like

Wed, 2011-02-23 15:24

hey crushed....

you look like the guy in the pic next to the boat!!!!!

he dosnt have a beard though.

all my idea as well......very cluey hey..ha ha ha ha