Wake Specialties LED's

[Grant_West]

Just wanted to share some info on some product's I have got from Kris @ Wake Specialties. Im getting all my Led's from him. He has turned out to be a solid supplyer and his product is top notch.


#1 These are the SMT LED's that are used in my Enzo speaker grill's the strips ar 14 inches long and can be linked together or cut into 1 inch segment's there are 3 led's per 1 inch segment.



#2 This is a Plexy glass ring that will go betweeen a W-7 and a speaker box it's a 1/4 in plexglass ring with a strip of LED's counter sunk into them.



#3 These are some Underwater LED cluster's made to mount under the swim platform. They are about 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 squares with 6 super bright LED's, They are fully potted and have a hole in the center of them so that you can run a screw threw them for mounting. They are linked together in a chain like christmas lights.

[AbunDiga909]

RE: Wake Specialties LED

Grant, the under-water platform lights are a great idea... I've thought about that though, and then threw the idea out the window when I came to wiring it. I know we have almost identical hulls/sterns, so how do you plan on wiring it? I thought of wiring it through the rub rail, but then you'd have a wire going from the bottom of your platform, up the stern of the boat. To get rid of that, I guess you'd need to drill a hole near-water-lever in the stern, seems pretty risky... How do you plan to get around this issue...

[ffmedic74]

RE: Wake Specialties LED

I want to attempt the under swimplatform lighting, but need the ability to disconnect the wire since my garage is not long enough to keep the swimplatform attached. Does anyone know of any waterproof connectors????

[redelf75]

RE: Wake Specialties LED

Also, since the platform isn't really underwater, I'm not sure exactly how the lights are going to look. If the LED's are facing out, instead of down, the cops may object.

If you are only dealing with taking the platform off seasonally, as in my case, I would consider just cutting ans splicing the wire each season.

Here's another source for LED's. http://www.innovativelight.com/

[ag4ever]

RE: Wake Specialties LED

With enough ballast the swim platform is underwater. Mine is usually at or below water line unless I am moving.

For passing wire thru the hull, all you really need to do is drill two hole the size of a bolt. Use sealant to seal the holes such as the 3M 5200 or what ever it is. Under the head (outside) of each bolt you place a male spade wiring terminal. On the inside you attach your power wires. Then you essentially have a waterproof electric pass thru that can be disconnected. Now I don't know what will happen when the water connects the two bolts, but if one was on one side of the platform, and the other was on the other side, the resistance in the water might be high enough that it would not have much current draw.

Anybody want to take a resistance reading on 4' of lake water at 14 volts?

The other option is to attach waires to the outside bolts head, and seal over them with some electrical insulating sealant. Then run the wires into a connector that is "waterproof" but I don't know of any connectors waterproof enough for under the swim platform.

[Grant_West]

I was planning on connecting a + positieve terminal to one side of the swim platform braket on the inside of the boat and a - Negiateve to the other side of the swim platform braket. The lights would make a electrical connection threw the metal brakets that attach to the hull. No drilling hole's in your platform or your hull and no quick disconnect's. Its a metal to metal connection.

[TwinTip]

Grant, if I understand correctly what you plan on doing, this may work well when you are in dry conditions but you will be shorting both of the terminals when you put the boat in the water. The water will act as a connection between both of the metal brackets on the platform and you will short both terminals.

[ag4ever]

Yes, but the terminals might be far enough, that the natural resistance of the water will only cause a small current flow. It might not be enough to really matter, but then again, you could put in a big fuse, and leave the lights off except for some "special" moments.

[Grant_West]

No It will work Just fine. No worry's and just for you Arm chair skeptic's

Here is a pic of the lights in the bath tup with a Positive at one end of the tub and the Negitave at the other. If there is no short here then its gonna be way less when the boat is in the water

[Laptom]

TwinTip.. I think those leds are only working with 12V DC (or less). So that will be no trouble to connect the terminals to the swimming platform brackets. If it was something like 50V AC (or more) I wouldn't jump from Grants swimming platform in the water Yellow_Flash_Colorz: . There will be a small leakage with 12V DC, but nothing to be concern of.

[TwinTip]

Sounds and looks good.

[redelf75]

what is wake specialties website? I can't find it.

[Grant_West]

http://www.wakespecialty.com/

Or you can click on the big yellow banner to the top left of the page :grin: