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Title: LED's and $$$
Post by g on Aug 21^st, 2012 at 6:04pm

I discovered that my underwater LED assembly sprung a leak and shorted out the whole thing. I really never boat at night, so never use the light but I really REALLY don't like it when my junk does not work right. I found the replacement on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O0DIV8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

The only question is....why the hell does blue cost 20 bucks more than green and 40 more than white?

Rant over...thanks for listening :D

Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by Griswald on Aug 21^st, 2012 at 8:26pm

try superbrightleds.com and see if they have something comparable. you may be surprised

Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by nathan on Aug 21^st, 2012 at 8:52pm

blue is more liked. so they have a bigger price.

Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by In2Deep on Aug 22^nd, 2012 at 8:06am

Yup...demand

Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by Tyranni on Aug 23^rd, 2012 at 10:37pm

Prices for LED lights always amazes me. The LEDs can't cost more than 10 bucks for the set. Clearly the housing isn't great either as it leaked. ::)
If you do yank out the old one I'll gladly try to get it to work again and make it worth your while. I've been prototyping my own color changing set.

Title: Re: LED's and $$$ (Update....Let there be light!!)
Post by g on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 11:22am

New lights came in from Amazon yesterday and I did the install today. Pretty straightforward. Unscrew the old one, pull it off, clean out the old 3M 4200. New one was a direct replacement. New wiring, new 4200 and screw the thing back on. Very bright!
I also learned that the Attwood lights have a 10 year warranty, so the leaky one is going back to Attwood. If they honor the warranty, I may soon have a new Underwater LED assembly for sale. If anyone is interested, let me know.

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Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by Captain YARRR on Aug 27^th, 2012 at 9:38pm

Wow I thought you had more than one in there, that guy gets the job done! I call dibs if they honor that warranty :)

Title: Re: LED's and $$$
Post by g on Aug 28^th, 2012 at 2:09pm

Captain YARRR wrote on Aug 27^th, 2012 at 9:38pm:

Wow I thought you had more than one in there, that guy gets the job done! I call dibs if they honor that warranty :)

It is pretty bright. I made the mistake of bench testing while looking directly at the light. Blinded me for a few seconds when it came on ;D

I sent the old one in yesterday. I'll let you know if I get a new one back.