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Post by Rumpus on Feb 24, 2015 18:18:37 GMT
What great ideas.
We are in the process of commissioning our new 409 in the UK. Hope to be on the water by the end of March. You have all given me more jobs to do before we have even started!
Nick
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Post by sonfield on Aug 5, 2015 4:22:42 GMT
IMG_0480.MOV (924.46 KB) I did this on my 41s!. Thanks for the advice!
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Post by Rumpus on Aug 26, 2015 6:50:00 GMT
Just done the same on our 409.
Thanks for the advice and tip.
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Post by Bora on Oct 18, 2018 15:49:13 GMT
Optimystic Your post really got us inspired. We have a targa that supports a platform for our solar panels on top and we have a strip of LED lights inlaid into the underside illuminating the helm stations. We mostly wanted red or white lights but there is a controller that allows us to select from a series of colour and illumination options including flashing, fading etc... Very 'disco' if desired! Mostly we use a static red, white or blue tone. When this project was completed we had a couple of metres of the self adhesive LED strip left. Now we have used up this surplus under the cockpit table as per your and other contributors example. We are properly pleased and if we ever get into warm enough weather to once again sit out in the evenings, this is what we'll enjoy..... Thanks for sharing the suggestion. SV Zofia Hi Zofiasailing, Have you got some more info on what you used? I've tried emailing a company in the UK and explaining what i want to do but they don't quite seem to get it..... I'd like to wire RGB lights around the edges of the saloon seating, under the cockpit table and perhaps under the steps at the companionway. What I can't seem to get out of them is how I would get the strips to change colour, they mentioned an IR controller but said that it installed on the end of the strip and couldn't be relocated further away. Your systems seems to tick all the boxes for my set up if you're able to point me in the right direction? Thanks Craig
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Post by zofiasailing on Oct 18, 2018 21:26:03 GMT
An IR controller is at the end of every strip. It’s possible to obtain a remote controller to create ‘effects’. We found that our controller was not particularly robust and didn’t last. We never used the fading and flashing function. Hugely annoying. Since then we’ve simplified things by just connecting the RGB to 3 individual switches. These switch the ‘negative’ to produce either red, green or blue light or any combination of these colours. The ‘positive’ line on the LED strip is connected directly to a positive in your wiring. The game changer we’ve recently discovered are the terminal enders/extenders for LED strips that have been cut. They let you cut your strips to custom lengths or join strips. www.google.com.au/search?q=led+strip+terminal+extender&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-au&client=safari#imgrc=ZdKEstRJNyEDCM:In the last 3-4 years LED options have proliferated. Heaps of options available on the internet. Our next project is also to jazz up the salon lighting - something we could also dim behind our grab strip would work well, we think. Cheers
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Post by pagoda54 on Oct 20, 2018 17:10:20 GMT
LED replacements for G4 style halogens are readily available. They consume about 1/6 of the amps of the halogens bulbs. Be sure to get the "warm white" versions- it is far less harsh. Some of the LED replacement bulbs are bulkier than halogen G4s - you may need to try a few different suppliers. I fitted a 12 DC stabilizer to the lighting circuit (only) so that the LED lamps are not exposed to any of the 13V+ charging voltages which occur at times. No problems so far.
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