www.iFourWinns.com

I picked up my new boat a few weeks ago!! A 2007 V258 left over with 11hrs. With that said, I went to change the 6 cabins lights over to LEDs. On the first one, the LED was dim, used another bulb, same thing. Went in the house and used a 12v 6amp battery, it worked GREAT. I took a voltage reading and got 10.5 volts. I than took voltage readings at the switch, off 12.8V, on 10.5 volt. I than started to pull each bulb out, as I did the voltage went up!! Which tells me that the wire used, is TOO small for such a load, total was 60 watts. As I did this too, the LED lamp got brighter, each one is 1.2 watts. So it went from 60 to 6.8 watt load.

Just an FYI, is somebody is having the same problem.

Which leds did you use? I want to convert my hot as hell power hungry bulbs too.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

This is what I used. You may need to remove the reflector.

http://www.imtra.com/sale-product/marin ... _entry.htm

Hey Paul,
Did you go with the 60 degree or 90 degree side entry? I am not sure what the difference is between these two. Did you use the warm or cool white? And, when all were installed, were you pleased with the overall light output from the LEDs?

I am going down to our boat on Friday and will count up the number of replacements I need. And will have to check and see how hard the removal of the reflector will be. Thanks for the link, I have been trying to get somewhere on these for a while.

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2008 378 Vista
"Not 2 SHABI"
IPS 500 Volvo-Penta D6

Previously
'06 318 Vista
'97 258 Vista
'98 195 Sundowner
'87 180 Horizon

Why did you go with 24V and not 12 V AC/DC ????

I replaced all of mine on our 268 with these, and had zero voltage drop and no reflector replacement needed.

120 degree beam g4X-WHP10-DAC

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Hi

I went with the 60 deg. ones. The warm leds will give you more of a yellowish light, more like a normal bulb. The cool white is more blueish. I bought them about 3 months ago, SORRY. I did not noticed that they only have 24v LEDS left.

You could use http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... i-pin.html The G4-xHP6-DAC

OR

http://www.imtra.com/product/marine_lig ... de_pin.htm

Thanks Paul and Cap'n...

Sure like the $5 price of the first ones you listed, but it looks like $12-14 per replacement is the going rate...man, that is going to be about 12 lights x $14 = WIFE HAVING ISSUE!

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2008 378 Vista
"Not 2 SHABI"
IPS 500 Volvo-Penta D6

Previously
'06 318 Vista
'97 258 Vista
'98 195 Sundowner
'87 180 Horizon