Replacing Indirect Lighting

DanD2

So I replaced my battery zapping indirect lights with UV LED's this past weekend....I like them...What do you guys think?

Black_Diamond

Sweet. Was it much of a pain to swap them out?

DanD2

It was pretty easy, the hardest part was getting the type of lights that I got to stick. I got side emitting lights and the sticky part is on a very thin film. Next weekend I'm going to pull them down and put 2 faced tape in then stick the to the tape. That should be a much better solution.

The old lights are held in place with staples and sometimes you've got to yank pretty hard to get the off but it's pretty easy.

Black_Diamond

Thanks. This has been on my wish list. 

Stodge

Sounds like the ones I switched to.  I went with HitLights.  A 16 foot roll runs about $10. 

 

CaptianDan

Nice job guys looks awesome!  Added to my wish list...

JMGINWV342

Did you wire into the original light switch on your breaker panel?

Looks good.

Stodge

I pulled out the old rope light and re-used the electrical connections.  

JC290

Looks real nice guys. Stodge you get bored come on down we can do mine next

DanD2

Stodge said:

I pulled out the old rope light and re-used the electrical connections.  

Same here.

JC290

Dan what kind did you use?

DanD2

I bought the side emitting UV led's from superbrightleds.com. I like the light but am not happy with how they stuck, or should I say didn't stick to the underside of the shelf. They worked fine for the galley but not so good for the v-berth. As stated previously, I'm going to use double side tape this weekend and am pretty sure that will work ok.

I'm trying a different style of UV for the aft cabin from oznium.com. I'll report back when I get them installed.

JC290

Thanks Dan 

Stodge

DanD2 said:

I bought the side emitting UV led's from superbrightleds.com. I like the light but am not happy with how they stuck, or should I say didn't stick to the underside of the shelf. They worked fine for the galley but not so good for the v-berth. As stated previously, I'm going to use double side tape this weekend and am pretty sure that will work ok.

I'm trying a different style of UV for the aft cabin from oznium.com. I'll report back when I get them installed.

I've used their tube lights in the head of my 280 in place of the florescent fixture that was in there.  They were great.