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.

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.

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