LED lights ........again

[dazeoff]

I  am about to order some JC-G4 LED Bulbs  for the cabin of my boat ....I have been on ...www.ledlightbulb.net.....

However i am lost ......I cant seem to find the low voltage LEDs that have the same shape as the originals , And i was advised to order the soft white ....Sooo i would to know how you navigate their site ....Ii know some of the RBOs  have ordered and received these bulbs .......Any help would be appreciated .....

[Vuja De]

Click on the link at the top left hand coner of the page. 
Then click on the JC G4 light bulb.

Then your LED replacement options will load.  None of them are the exact shape as the halogen bulb.
Warm white is a good choice in color. 

[Le Meez]

Here's the ones you want, believe it or not, they do fit!

[dazeoff]

Le  Meez  .. are these the ones you installed ??????What wattage were they ????  And do u remmember .. were they shipped from clhina ???   Thanx

[Le Meez]

Yes, these were the ones I installed, 20 of them:
JC G4, 1.9Watt 24PCS 3528 SMD LED, Warm white, 12V

They were shipped from China, the slowest cheapest way last winter, took about 5-6 weeks if I remember correctly.

I do still have an issue every once in a while where for some reason they flicker. I suspect it's a voltage fluctuation and need to install a voltage regulator.

[dazeoff]

Le Meez .. I ordered them today ... It was a choire... They kept directing me to Pay Pal....Anyway I did use it even tho they are still at 95 cents on the buck .. the market is 98 cents ... Its only a buck  to my order but its the principal .... muchado about nothing .. so now I wait for 6 weeks for a package from China ...Will be interesting to see the differance in amp draw... We are heading up the Rideau with 2 other boats nxt year ... Maybe we can buy u beer ..... ...... 

[Le Meez]

We'll try to meet up for some cold ones for sure. I'm going to order some strip lights after Christmas from them. I'm a sucker for LED's!

[Dream 'Inn]

Yep, these are what I put in as well.  I also have some of the 6 LED ones.  I've got a mixture of both warm and white.  I use the warm ones over the v-berth areas.  You will be very happy with the change.


Le Meez, I now have one that seems to flicker in the aft cabin.  It was one in the back that I generally don't leave on for long, but I used it for a while while I was in the hole winterizing the A/C and the head.  Started to flicker, really drove me crazy!  but it seems to be the only one so far to do it.

[Black_Diamond]

The reduced power draw is amazing.  I have all my lights on board LED now.  No more corrosion issues, bured out bulbs, less, heat, less power useage.

[pepmyster]

I have some friends who ordered from these guys. http://www.dealextreme.com/
No issues. All good and delivered.

[dazeoff]

I ordered from   ledlightbulb.net    .... I received them in 4 weeks from China . in amazing packageing . and the shipping was less than some U.S. companys.........the were less than $5.00 a bulb  and shipping was $10.00.. each bulb is in its own soft pak ... I was impressed ... Now I wait till summer to install , The amp draw should be less than a third of the originals ..... 

[Le Meez]

Glad to hear, and now you have another reason to look forward to the spring!

[Cos]

Here is a link to a great led store.  I use them in my lighting projects as well as my previous boat and trailer.  Will be converting my '09 Rinker 340 to LED soon.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fbi-pin.html%23g4bp

I also plan to install 5 Lumitec Seablaze 3 in blue on the transom.  Had them on my Crownline and they were awesome.  I also replaced the nav festoon bulb with LED as well as salon courtesy lights, etc...

Here's a link to project pics:

http://s802.photobucket.com/albums/yy308/chadcosby/Boat/

http://s802.photobucket.com/albums/yy308/chadcosby/

[pepmyster]

Love the lights while running!! Extra cool!!!!!

[Cos]

Thanks!  On plane at night, the blue looks like an F-16 afterburner. We are on a really clear lake in Alabama and you can see the light for 100' behind the boat.

I found those Seablaze 3 Blue/White for $192/ea. Hard to beat the price and quality compared to the other lines I've researched. It's been a couple of years but I'm going back to Lumitec for my 340. This time I'm just going to use solid blue as I didn't use the white very much and I'll double the brightness using one color. The fish seemed to gather more with blue too for fishing or watching.

After a lot of reading, I'm just gonna scrap the Barneget swim light, gelcoat the wire hole and mount another Seablaze there too. I haven't decided if I'm gonna use 3 or 5 lights. Gonna look at drilling access this weekend and at least my switch and wire runs are done. I'll have less amperage draw with 5 Seablaze than the one halogen Barnegat!
I used to leave the lights on all night on my Crownline and now I have a much larger battery bank (all Optima D31) so I don't foresee any issues.