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Underwater lights for bowfishing
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wack em
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Yes, bring own the fourm!
Never heard of anyone using them. Not exactly sure what kind of lights you are talking about. I use 250w high pressure sodium parking lot lights, and a 300 dollar genny from O'Riley auto parts, it is not as quiet as a honda but is very close and it cranks everytime.
Never heard of anyone using them. Not exactly sure what kind of lights you are talking about. I use 250w high pressure sodium parking lot lights, and a 300 dollar genny from O'Riley auto parts, it is not as quiet as a honda but is very close and it cranks everytime.
Michael
Senior Member
Most everyone building boats now use sodium lights. Mines in the shop having the deck built now. The lights are next.
Michael
Senior Member
Hey Blake, you should have gotten that 3500 Champion generator from Tractor supply. It's made by Honda, purrs like a kitten and is only $350
wack em
Senior Member
I think thats the one that I have. Mine is a 3500 watt, bought it 2 years ago when they were a little cheaper
Michael
Senior Member
I just bought 2 of them. Hopefully the 6-400 watt sodium lights I'm getting will draw less than 20 amps and I'll only need 1, but they're so small I'll probably go ahead and use both of them - just hook up each to half the load. That way if I run into generator trouble during a shoot, I'll have the back-up generator already online.
wack em
Senior Member
Im running 2 400 watt sodiums and three 250 watt sodiums off of mine works great!
RIVER_CAT
Senior Member
Michael,
The 3000 Honda would pull 6 400s but not 7 on the airboat so i had to make some changes. I changed the corners to 250s and put the 250's on the seats also.
So 1 genny should work just fine.
Michael
Senior Member
The reps said I could hook up the 6-400 sodium light's, but I had to use the center plug in which handles 30 amps. I'm still planning to set up half the lights on each generator, but have the pigtail to be able to run both lines from one generator should one go out.
spider
Member
i have been on it
GAX
Senior Member
So, Anyone tried the underwater lights yet?
If you are looking into underwater lights don't be fooled into thinking the cheap ones will will perform as well as the more expensive ones. They won't. LED's need an excellent heat sink and constant current protection along with quality LED chips. All of these are expensive to design and build.
caver101
Senior Member
I know this is an old post, but which Champion generator are you talking about? I see several in the $300 price range on the Tractor supply website.
thompsonsz71
Senior Member
champion 3500
caver101
Senior Member
They have two 3500w generators listed. A $299 and $399 model.
S Adams
Senior Member
the 299.00 is the one i have!
