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Dammit I wish I lived on the water! I’d spend as much time drinking beer on that dock and staring at the boat as I would out on it.
Do you have a link for the flag pole?
The Kicker KMTES8 will fit perfect in Bullet 8" Hollow Points
Looks good. I recently had to do the same thing. It took me a while to get the latch to separate. I didn't have a channel lock at the lake and mine was really stuck together good. After verifying on this forum that I was doing the correct thing to get it off, I went back at it and it finally unscrewed. Then channel lock is key.
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Nice light! Looks good. Be careful running these on plane. Mine (pictured below) burnt out and when I called the company they stated their lights are not meant to be used out of water. I asked if they sold any lights that do and (at that time) they said no. I noticed on their website they have a few additions to their collection so maybe they have some now. IDK.Added some underwater transom lights from BoatPlugLight.com
I replaced my drain plugs with two of these:
The Acme-2 DRAIN FLANGE LIGHT (YAMAHA AND OTHER APPLICATIONS)
The Acme-2 2400 lumen high power LED drain light fixture. Made of 6061 marine grade solid billet aluminum. This fits most Yamaha boats but NOT all, look at all the photos. Send a picture or request a mounting template to be sure. The LED fixture will be black anodized. This light replaces...
I decided to build a box to contain all of the electronics (really just a relay and led drivers:
I figured this would make it more organized than just soldering/crimping wires and drivers and leaving them in the bilge. I also thought it would be easier to troubleshoot and or replace components if need be.
Missing are the 4 led drivers that are stuffed on top of the wiring blocks (I forgot to take a picture):
I also used 4 waterproof connectors to make the lights easy to disconnect if needed:
So here is the box installed (it's a tight fit behind the battery):
While I was there, I decided to add a fuse box because my battery terminals were getting full:
Scarab has around 5 things already connected to the -ve terminal. I had a secondary bilge pump and an accessory fusebox (for the forward marine radio) in the passenger-side console. It also makes it easier to locate blown fuses if need be.
The Result?
From the back:
Looking down from the swim platform:
Underway:
So, overall, I'm pretty happy with the lights so far. They seem plenty bright and I'm plesantly surprised how blue the projection is given that our harbor water is pretty murky. Also, one of my "ice cube" drivers didn't work. Diablo Royale Customs shipped another one the same day, no questions asked, and it arrived 5 days later (including the weekend).
Should make for some fun night swimming!
Hmm... Thanks, good to know.
