Homemade underwater fishing lights...

[marshrunner757]

Other than the above, just PVC fittings and copper wire.

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[ragincajun]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Other than the above, just PVC fittings and copper wire.

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Thanks..

Do you have a picture of how your connection from the copper wire to the wires you run to the battery?

[marshrunner757]

I can get one. I just drilled 2 holes just big enough for the wires to go thru. Soldered my wires and coated with liquid electrical tape.

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[ragincajun]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

I can get one. I just drilled 2 holes just big enough for the wires to go thru. Soldered my wires and coated with liquid electrical tape.

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Got ya. Thanks a lot.

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Looks good! I'm still trying to decide what battery to use. I had hopes of using a little battery like they use for the battery powered toy cars for kids but I don't think it will light them long enough. My hope was to set the lights up and get away from them.

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Use a lawn mower battery. Should work great.

[marshrunner757]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

Use a lawn mower battery. Should work great.

I might try that Paul. I need to hook my multimeter up and see how many amps its drawing.

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[papap]

What size tubing?

[marshrunner757]

Originally Posted by papap

What size tubing?

1-1/2"

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[papap]

Ordered bulbs and tube. Hope to have it together for trip to the bend Sunday. Will be fishing up there for a week.

[marshrunner757]

Also, when u buy your fittings, get 1-1/4". 1-1/2" is too big. I used a belt sander to sand the ends of the pipe down so the 1-1/4" fit snug then glued it.

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[marshrunner757]

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The fittings in the pics are 1-12"(too big). These pictures show all the parts. I used 14awg wire to solder the lights to. Drill 2 holes in threaded plug and run them thru about an inch. Then I used black rtv to seal the holes for the wires. Remember, LED's are polarity sensitive. Test and mark each bulb before you solder.

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[marshrunner757]

Not sure why it posted the first pic 3 times

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[AceArcher]

thats on the money right there marsh... nicely done.. where are you getting that acrylic tubing?

[marshrunner757]

Thanks. Look on page 5 of this post. I supplied a link to amazon.

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[papap]

How do you test to see positive and neg side?

[marshrunner757]

Just hook a wire to the positive of the battery and a wire to the negative. Then take the other ends and touch to the light. If it lights, mark the side of the light that your positive was touched to. If it doesn't light swap them until it lights and marked the positive side. Doesn't hurt if you hook it backwards while testing. It just won't light. Make sense?

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[papap]

Got pos and neg figured out. Did you hook up both bright and dim sides? Looks like you did both. Guess I'll do the same

[marshrunner757]

Yes.

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[papap]

Works great. Thanks for all the info. Will try it at the bend Sunday night.

[marshrunner757]

Let me know how you do

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