Underwater LED's

There have been a couple of threads on this topic in the past year or so. Don't have time to look right now, but a search may be productive. I seem to recall both of the brands you mention being discussed.

Ocean have a good reputation. I have installed 5 lumitec seablazeX on the boat I run which are very nice.

I prefer flush mount and even better with the wire going thru the hull above water line, just running up from the fixture.

The fewer the holes, the better

Might try this:

http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/best-underwater-lights.19560/

there are some potentially relevant posts (no pun intended) sprinkled through this thread:
http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/little-custom-post-ideas.20007/

This may or may not help:
http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/underwater-lights-purpose.18689/#post-151069

One specific brand:
http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/lumitec-seablaze-3-underwater-lights.15345/

Much older thread:
http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/under-water-lights.11081/#post-76070

This appears to cover interior and exterior lighting, but at least one post matched my search criteria:
http://yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/exterior-and-interior-yacht-lighting.10624/#post-70750

I installed some Abyss surface mount 3 of them. They illuminated amazing and I don't know if I'd go thru-hull on the transom ones again except possibly on a SF. Someone on here had an issue with them, so far these are going on 2 years and have not had an issue.

Ocean has been there since the beginning and make good lights.

That was me... Multiple issues after 1 to 2 years initially they said they had a bad batch but the tell event failed just as quick. That s when I switched to lumitec

What size boat and how wide is your transom? We went with 3 on a 58' Azimut and in Exumas,Bahamas water it illuminated exceptionally well, 75'+ out the back, 40' wide and all of the way to the bottom in 10' of water

I didn't reinstall Ocean LED out the back during my latest haulout last May because of the five lights, two of them failed. They were less than three years in the water. I had planned to go with them again despite two of the A12's failing- but they no longer made A12- so I had to go with A8 or A16. The A8 mounting template holes were just a fraction different than the A12, so I could not mount them properly, and I did not want to go with the A16. (I was miffed- why didn't they think of people changing to newer lights and placing the holes exactly the same or quite different? Bad engineering IMHO) I did go with smaller Ocean LED's (A4- replacing A6) pointed down, and am hoping they will not fail. Two other boats at my marina also had Ocean LED's fail. I went with the Lumitec sea-blaze out the back. They draw more power, but it's still very low.

Three Pro A16 on the back of a 48 footer is overkill. Two is enough. I put my two smaller one's pointed down behind intake scoops so they are protected. You can see the mounting install in my thread here; http://www.yachtforums.com/index.php?threads/the-sea-deuce-65-donzi-hull-4.10464/page-4

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What model seablaze did you go with? How many?

^^^^^^^^^^^ SeaBlaze X , three with the bronze bezel. They are a bit more blue than the Ocean LED's- so it's kinda neat that I have blue out the back and the ones pointed down look a bit more purple-ish blue.

Just installed 4 Ocean LED A16 Amphibian Pro "Colours". Brightness is excellent, installation was simple (one tiny 1/2 inch hole on each fixture), and the ability to change colors is very cool.

I'm not a huge fan of UW lights while running, but...

Also, here is an album of the easy install (Note, aluminum hull): https://plus.google.com/photos/117744542328580125836/albums/6104271990531230945