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T
he bottom line reason for a boat is to have fun, so this article I want to review a product that literally radiates fun.
M
ost
of
the
time
my
job
is
solving
some
problem
with
fuel
or
AC
cooling,
but
now
and
then
I
do
get
to
do
something
a
little
different
like
installing
underwater
lights.
My
criteria
is
quality
and
performance.
When
first
I
set
about
doing
product
research,
it
came
as
a
bit
of
a
surprise
to
me
to
discover
there
were
such
a
large
number
and
variety
of
underwater
lights.
Having
waded
through
the
process
of
selecting
the
right
product,
I
thought
an
article
about
underwater
lights
might
be
a
beneficial time saver to our readers.
B
efore
you
dismiss
the
idea
of
underwater
lighting
as
a
frivolity,
do
yourself
a
favor
and
read
on.
My
first
inclination
about
underwater
lights
was
that
they
were
merely
a
novelty
too,
but
by
the
time
I’d
completed
the
installation
and
witnessed
these
lights
in
action,
I
became
a
pleased
supporter
whose
opinion
had
changed
180
degrees.
Of
all
the
devices
I’ve
installed
on
boats
over
my
40
plus
years
in
the
marine
business,
nothing
has
given
me such pleasure and pure fun than seeing these lights do their thing at night.
B
efore
I
get
too
fired
up
and
too
far
ahead
of
my
story,
let’s
begin
by
sorting
out
how
underwater
lights
are
used
and
the
types
available.
As
you
might
first
conclude,
these
lights
add
effect
to
the
water
surrounding
a
boat,
much
like
a
pool
light
adds
ambiance
to
your
yard.
For
those
of
you
who
need
more
practical
benefits,
they
make
a
most
dramatic
way
to
locate
a
vessel
in
trouble
from
aloft.
For
you
fishing
guys,
they
attract
bait
fish
like
you
would
not
believe!
Fish
are
drawn
to
the
light
like
steel
to
a
magnet.
At
anchor
with
these
lights
on,
it
is
both
entertaining
and
awesome
to
view
the
scene
in
what
amounts
to
a
private
aquarium
right
off
your
stern.
Sit
back
with
a
cool
one
and
soak up what boating is suppose to be all about...fun!
T
here
are
basically
five
types
of
underwater
lights:
incandescent,
Halogen,
Xenon,
HID,
and
LED.
Incandescent
are
simply
standard
DC
bulbs
encased
in
some
sort
of
waterproof
housing.
These
are
last
century’s
technology,
totally
out
dated.
More
modern
are
Halogen,
Xenon,
and
HID
bulbs.
These
last
three
are
brighter
and
last
longer
than
incandescent, but suffer from major faults. They use too much electricity (amps) and produce significant heat.
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