Bait tank upgrade

[mwardncsu]

Well, I have to report that I'm not too happy as both lights have gone out after only 4 or 5 uses of the tank over the winter. One strip went out after maybe 3 trips and the next pretty quick after that. I need to see if it is my crimp connections or if salt water managed to get through the liquid electrical tape or somewhere else and into the LED strips.

Earlier this week I ordered a couple of the lights very similar to what was originally on there and will swap the LED strips out unless I find it's just a bad crimp... Amazon has them for just over $10.

www.amazon.com/Shoreline-Marine-Utility-Strip-Light/dp/B004UOU1UQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392735208&sr=8-1&keywords=shoreline+Marine+Led+Utility+Strip+Light%2C+White

[smythley]

How are you wiring them to power? Just another set of clips to a battery?

[mwardncsu]

The newer SBT-II's (well, since 2010) come with a light - and a switch - and it's just tapped into the wiring for the pump.

[smythley]

Hmmm, trying to figure how I can wire lights and a switch into mine. Maybe could just splice into the pump wires, but not sure.

[mwardncsu]

That's basically what was done. They have a "water resistant" wire nut with some anti-goop and it has the pump lead and a lead to the light and then you connect your supply lead. - one each for positive and ground.

Out if the positive it runs to a switch be integrated into the tank and then to the light.

You could just use an extra set of disconnects - though I run the light all the time the tank is on day or night as the LEDs draw so little power - so I'd not even bother with a switch.