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Got more if my bluewater led's installed. I have one acc switch wired to control the deck lights and the receessed TM light. The other acc switch turns on the stock white courtesy console light, plus two other green led's that are located under the console. The courtesy light switch turns on all the red led's in the boxes, plus the stock courtesy lights in the boxes, a white led in my middle compartment, and a red led strip under the console. When I hit just the courtesy lights I can get stuff out of my boxes easily and I only have red lights in the console area. The led's put out alot more light, but because its red it doesn't hurt my night vision. IF I don't care about night vision and just want better light to see, I can hit the green/white lights in the console area. And if I want light on the deck while I'm fishing, I can turn those on seperately as well.

I still have the passenger side rod holder and the back compartments to do, but this is what it looks like so far.

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that is sweet. how tough was the install?

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The hardest part was fishing the wires from the switches to the led's. The compartments are pretty easy since they already had courtesy lights in them that I could splice into. All in all it was fairly easy, just have to take your time and plan out what you are doing so that you don't miss something. I spent ~30 min trying to figure out why one of the deck lights wasn't working, just to realize that I hadnt spliced the power wire into the live wire under the console. :)

I put these in about 2 weeks ago love them I have not done the deck lighting yet how did you run the wiring for the deck lights?  Looks great by the way.

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I hooked the power wire to an accessory switch and ran into from the console into the right rod locker. In my boat there was a hole underneath the console that led to an open area behind the back panel of the rod locker. I was able to "fish" the wire so that I didn't need to drill anything there. I made to small holes in the fiberglass  next to the led strip that was just big enough for the wires to fit through and pulled them into the rod box. I tapped the power wire and ran the additional power wire to the other rod locker. I had to make 2 small holes in my center compartment and run the wire through there. I grounded the left deck light to the ground for the courtesy lights in the rod locker, and used the power wire I pulled across. It wasn't hard to hide the wires from view. It was actually easier than I thought it might be because the lockers are more open than they appear.

Thanks for the info I am debating if I want the deck lighting or not the I was wondering about the wiring.

That looks great! Its given me a few ideas for my boat too!

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