LED spreader/deck flood lights

[Mr. Sandman]

You don't really ***have*** tobore a big hole in the boat...they have surface mounted ones that allow you to drill the 1/4" wire hole above the wl. Yes, the real heavy duty lights from OceanLED and Abyss require a substantial hole in the hull below the wl....and also some have to be hooked up to a transformer or black box. The ones I have are light weight and relatively inexpensive but from what I have seen are brighter or as bright than the real expensive ones and about 1/5 the price. Also the are 12v direct, simple hook up. I figure if they break then no great loss...but from what I read on other sites they seem to work fine, so I tried them, the fellow is nice and makes them up for you quickly. They seem to be fine.

Also, what is amazing with the strip lights...26 linear feet of lights, (1' strips daisy chained) each 1' strip has about 10 LED's ( I didn't count but that is approximate)...all this draws less then 1 amp combined!!

The downward facing one I plan to mount will be installed under the swim platform facing down, completely out of the water. The other two aft lights will be mounted below the WL on the transom, all are surface mount and only require a small hole about 1/4". I have seen some lights that even mount on your Trim tabs. This is a rapidly evolving technology.

PS, how is your transducer mounted?