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| Author: | cjhondaboy [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | HID running lights ? |
Does anyone on here run HID spotlights or fog lights on their boat ? I was on toledo bend today hunting n a guy had n air boat with 4 KC daylighters that were HID's and they were bright as hell. Need thoughts and preferences on light set ups! Thanks, Cjhondaboy |
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| Author: | SP [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
There is a whole thread on this, in particular how to modify a Halogen light to an HID, but I just bought the Vision X Duralux HID's and I ran them over the weekend. They fit perfectly into the Gator Trax stock lighting brackets, and they were very easy to install. They worked great for the opener, I was really impressed. They absolutely lit up the marsh. I went with one Euro Beam (4400), and one Flood (4411). They do take a second to warm up, and flash like X Mas tree lights for about 5 seconds and then they stay on. This is a little annoying, but they are awesome lights. I haven't had the time, but i am going to look and see if they have red covers for the lights. |
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| Author: | Chico80x [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
I run the modified HID's on my boat and really like them a lot. Like SP said, they'll really light the marsh up and will easily light everything up withing 300 yards or so. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12884 |
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| Author: | Woodiebuster [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
| Author: | Chico80x [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
I've never run them in fog so I couldn't tell you but they're so bright I would imagine they'll light up the fog so much you shouldn't be able to see through it. |
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| Author: | Chico80x [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
Woodie, I spoke too soon about not running in the fog. Saturday the fog was so think on Lake Okeechobee that I could only see about 10 yards in front of me with these lights on. I then turned them off and used my hand held spotlight and was still only able to see 10 yards in front. It was a long slow ride to my blind that morning and I would've never gotten there if it wasn't for my GPS. I was also right about them lighting up the fog too much. It just looked like a white cloud in front of me with the lights pointed slightly up. As soon as I turned them down towards the water, I was able to see a lot further. This was also in the main canal on the way to the mud trails, on these trails I was able to see about 50 yards in this thick fog. I guess it's because they lite the saw grass on the sides so well that I was able to speed through. |
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| Author: | drake1 [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
Put red lenses on those lights and you can see even better in the fog. Had 4 1 million cp spot lights mounted on the bow of my boat so I could put yellow or red lenses on them just for the fog. It made a hell of a difference. |
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| Author: | bussterwyatt [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HID running lights ? |
I run a 10 " hid beam on the front of my rig Works great I also made a hinge mount so it can fold Down out of the way helps especially in da timber and lowers The clearance for entering boat blinds I'll take some photos if u want The advantage with hid over halogen is it simply takes Less energy to run since it has a converter Inside to change it from dc to ac current |
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