Outstanding light, my best buy yet. Had bait fish all over the place. I love it

dude...... this is EXACTLY what I had envisioned in my mind's eye when I started thinking of a way to build my own light. Right down to the old extension cord used for wiring. Thank you so much for posting this and especially for the materials link. Lights will be here tomorrow but clear PVC is proving hard to find at local retailers.

That is AWESOME!!!! Exactly what I was looking to do! Thanks Mark!!

Danger Marine, you nailed it again! well done!

It was like watching a Magic show hehehe good presentation though... Taaadahh !!! YOU SPEAK!!! Here I thought it was an old man with those hands lol

Man, I love coastal t-storms!

Sealant , Sikaflex or a product called Simson marine construction adhesive . You can also seal your electrical joints with it . We use these products for through hull fittings .

I have just finished making two of these lights.I used 50cm tubes and was left with nearly 1mtr of light strip over , should have used 60cm .Used the shot from 5 shotgun cartridges in the inner tube held in place with wine corks, works verry well.....

I first want to thank you Mark for making this video. I want to ask you to please make another video using schedule 40 clear pvc if you don't mind and don't be afraid to talk while you are doing your videos. Thanks again for all the good advice.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

David Infinger Working 80-100 hr weeks but I'm getting there. lol

Mark, thanks for sharing. I'm going to build one! Watch out squids, here I come! Btw, upload the video when your newer improved 2"PVC lights are ready. We'd love to see it!

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

cosmonott1 Will be better production and more thoroughly documented. Taking a long time to develop. Almost there.

wish all the parts were listed now I have to go through the whole video and write everything down again. Very neat idea!

For anyone having trouble getting a water-tight seal, the most effective method I have heard of and seen is epoxy. Set your light up to rotate continuously, rotisserie style, then paint the epoxy on from top to bottom and even up the wire 6". The rotation assures no globbing and even application. After it drys you have completely sealed light that has no chance of leaking. The guy who gave me the idea left his under his dock for 3 weeks straight with no leaking.

@liemh9290

5 жыл бұрын

3m marine silicone

thanks mark. I used your basic design but inserted a 10' pvc conduit into the gray waterproof fitting so my light is a pole light attached to my dock in fresh water. I ordered 2" clear pvc off of ebay so was able to fit all pieces with pvc cement. on top of that I packed all joints with jb water weld then layered with clear flex seal. totally water tight so far. great work

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

Mike Emery Great to hear Mike. I tried everything to resolve the water tight issue. Water leaked in after a couple weeks and I'd try another method. Finally bought 2' sections of Clear 2" pvc on Amazon and glued the ends with pvc cement and packed inside ends with 100%silicone before gluing the caps on. Thought about fiberglass on the inside but it is too time consuming. Yes you can modify in many ways. Good job!

going to give this a try //ty for sharing

Best mime, ever!

Nice video , great idea..but did you connect the two tubes together or each connected separate to the battery ? ..thanks

Great video - Thanks! How's the finished product work at attracting the critters?

Glad to help Doug. The hardest part is getting a good seal and giving it a good day to dry. I had 2 leaks one with the marine sealant and one with the goop which took longer to fail but in the end it leaked. My third attempt I took it apart and resoldered the connections and filled the smaller tube with silicone caulk to protect the wires. They get tucked in there but the caulk keeps them from moving around and breaking. That wire for the LED is very fragile. Seal that cap with the cord as well with silicone inside leave them apart till the caulk cures. Then goop the cap to the pipe or use silicone. I'm going to make another bid next week using PVC pipe instead so I can use PVC glue. It is also much bigger in diameter and thicker.

@waynegeorgiades4662

9 жыл бұрын

MarkALingle I cut the poly tubing with a hack saw which was good. the wiring a little different. I used soap as you did, then I cleaned off the soap after I pulled it thru. I put 6000 sealant on the wire and pulled back a inch in the tubing , then I took the same sealant and squeezed out enough to fill in the area of the protruding wire . it will set up by tomorrow and become a good water seal. all threads were put together with 6000. tomorrow I will heat shrink the connections after the soldering. I want to put some lead in the tube for weight and place some foam inside to keep the lead from moving then I can fill with the sealant. my led light spool did not come with two wired ends. what would you suggest? before I attached the led strip I sanded the tube and cleaned down the tube. Then I attached the strip and applied the sealant to both ends and used a rubber band to keep the ends in place. I removed them after they set up.

@vivianvazquez578

8 жыл бұрын

+MarkALingle The best Adhesive/Sealant is "3M 5200 Marine" , is available as a fast cure (red packaging) or slow cure (blue packaging). Fast cures within 24 hours (tack free in one hour). Slow cure 5200 is tack free in 48 hours, cured in 5-7 days.

@bobbie6442

8 жыл бұрын

+Wayne Georgiades how much lead will it take for 24 inches?

@MarkALingle

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Gross The whole strip.

@bobbie6442

8 жыл бұрын

Great thanks. I have redone it several times, now using PVC also. Mine is 24 inches long and had to use 2.5 lbs of lead inside inner tube to sink it.

Марк ты молодец. Большое спасибо тебе!!!!!

Where did you get the wire connectors for the light and does water enter through there

One very minor recommendation. You have just finished soldering your wires together. The soldering iron is hot. Use the soldering iron to shrink the shrink wrap. It works very well just rubbing it lightly back and forth until you get the shrinkage you want. A direct flame is really too hot, and can damage (make brittle), the shrink wrap, and damage the wire insulation.

@MarkALingle

8 жыл бұрын

+Rusty Keller Thanks Rusty I know that works I just like fire! lmao

Nice job and thanks for sharing! Is that a two or three prong extension cord?

ok maybe I missed it but how did you keep it from floating?

So do you put theses in your shrimp traps? How deep can the lights go. How are they powered?

thank you!!!

Hmmmm .. crazy weather..lol

Cool. Imma bout to start mine. I might add weight internal on one side so it could sit down vertical in the water

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

khmerduval1 I put the weight on the cord and adjust up and down easily for desired height.

Thanks for the video it helped me save a lot on lights I made 6 of them. So far they have soaked for 6 hours at about 10 ft no issues. I used the pvc source that JoeB provided. I couldn't find flat end caps so I used the regular round ones found everywhere. I wire strain relief cable connectors. I bought mine from DelCity Inc item 2738 that fits the cheap 16 gauge extension cable which is what I used. To seal everything I used purple pvc cement the waterproof one. Epoxy inside and finalized with a layer of epoxy on the seams of the caps and around base of wire strain relief

@vegaj6900

9 жыл бұрын

Wire strain relief cable connectors instead of conduit connectors I noticed it's what the commercial sources use and they only cost about $1.50 each

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Vegaj I'm doing the same in my rebuild using the pvc. Works tremendously well. Good job!

@lievanosg

9 жыл бұрын

What epoxy glue brand or name exactly did you use. Thanks for your feedback

Where did you get the plastic tube? What type of plastic is it?

On your river test, how deep were the lights?

nice!

Nice video. I'd prefer if you'd talked us through the steps. still informative. Question : do you have any problems with heat buildup and melt?

Thanks for the ideas Mark. Building 2 two foot lights and on my third reassembly.Could not find clear pvc as stated in original video, so I bought clear polycarbonate. Be very careful with which adhesive you use. E-6000 reacts with the clear tube; caused many cracks on my original assembly. Thankfully I caught it prior to submerging. After much research and failure I only used the E-6000 where there was no contact with the poly tube. It seems to be a great glue and adheres to many substrates, just not for the poly. 3M 5200 was not recommended to me for this assembly but 4200 was, and seems to be great, In my opinion easier to work with because it does not run like the E-6000. For weight I'm gluing and screwing a flat pvc threaded end cap to the bottom end, then I will thread a short pvc assembly (perforated) onto it and load whatever fishing weights I need into the tube to get it to sink.

@1181lt

9 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately now I've noticed cracks after using the 4200 as well. The cracks always originate from the end of the pipe and at this point I'm not sure how far they will progress. After speaking with 3M tech support they stated that the 4200 should not crack the pipe but their suggestion was to use 4000 which might give better adherence. Even though I have not been applying any pressure or clamping to the assembly, he felt that my cracking problems may be due to using 1/16" poly instead of a thicker 1/8" pipe. If I redo them, I will follow his suggestions. Just food for thought.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

1181lt www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc

Genius

Is there a material list that you can put out there so I can go straight to the store and get this stuff

What size fitting was used on the pipe

Any decent updates? Does green LEDs attract fish as well.

what power source did you use? thanks

Can you use a rope light to do this?

How deep was that in the Indian river? What was the diameter of light at the surface?

​can i do it with 18650 li ion batteries?

I created the lights similar to the original recommendation except used "Shoe Goo". I had it around and I believe it is the same as E-2000. Made by the same company anyway. The lights worked great until I submerged them to 8'. The 1/16 clear pipe developed spider cracks. I plan on switching to the clear schedule 40 PVC pipe. This should correct the issue. Also while looking at the hardware store I noticed they had heavy clear flex pipe. I plan on using it to make another version. Figured the LEDs are cheap enough so I might as well give it a try.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Joe B Yes, use pvc as stated it can them be assembled using pvc glue and as some suggested use spray on plasti dip or expoxy if desired. That plastic will spider crack as I had found out. lol www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc

Is there a material list for this Please post a material list

Great video lots of information; So here's a question for you; I fish off my kayak weight and space being limited, what do you think the minimum size battery I can use to run one or two lights? Thanks again for the great video.

@MarkALingle

7 жыл бұрын

Rom Sam Well They run on any 12volt supply so obviously if you took say a small motor cycle battery with you it would work. How long? That's hard to say. They don't draw a lot of watts so probably last long enough. You could always field test it and also make it smaller. Since it's only you on a kayak the area wouldn't need to be as big.

Yes you should jave talked us through it

WoW!!!!!! Mr Mark . you are so smart sir. I like your Idea very much because I need to buy that Green light for squid fishing sir . But where I can get all the thing to build like you . thank you sir for share it

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

Kenny Chang Hey Kenny the links are in my description. However I'm making a newer improved model made with 2" clear pvc which is much stronger. lol I also have changed the way I'm sealing them. Using pvc glue to attach the ends for more water tightness and filling the caps with silicone before gluing the ends. Makes a lifetime seal.!

Can anyone supply the entire kit (including all parts cut already) to be purchased to build at home. My father is dying to build his own light, and is struggling to gather all the parts and sizes needed. Anyone have any info on this??

Brilliant !! More ways than one. Thank you. I feel bad for the losers who felt they needed to "dislike" this video Thank you again. Sub'd you ~rad~

@radrockitpsyence6739

5 жыл бұрын

9 away from 1 K ^5

Mark, i like your design but have a question. Since the lights are advertised as waterproof why use the clear cover? I know of one built without one but it has not been tried in the water yet.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Ivey Q Waterproof in fresh water not so in Salt. Salt will eat away after 2-3 uses.

Mark Why not just make a rope light by placing two led strips back to back and inserting them into a 1/2" clear plastic tube and sealing the ends?

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Wayne McClendon Better spread and need it to float so need the trapped air. Also some have placed the wiring inside the 3/4" tube as I have and filled the tube. The wires are very fragile.

Nice video, have a question a 600 led strip lights can you use direct to the 12 volts 700 amps marine battery or it has to have 12 volts 1.5 m.amps power supply ? in this case i have to use a power invert er? i m affray if i connect to the marine 12 volts battery may burn the lights, thanks.... i all ready build 2 of 600 led each but not sure on the voltage an amps don't know much about how led lights works

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Gabbanelli Accordion Player Amps are very low and a non issue. I'm using the computer power supply. Runs on 12V so no inverter needed. Run right off the battery is fine. I run 4 lights on 20amp power supply and a car radio with plenty to spare. lol

@gbbanelli

9 жыл бұрын

MarkALingle Thanks Mark i all ready have 2 built and is good to know that i can use battery power just in time for fishing season...

Have you thought about using jb weld? Have parts on order and going to build two for flats fishing at night. Thanks Ryan

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan brown Doesn't like sticking to plastic. Try it on a milk jug, let it cure, peel right off. :)

Sorry I keep forgetting to put out stuff and keep adding. I used the 5050 LEDs same company also from Amazon they are much brighter and better suited for murky waters like u find here in the Indian River, but if u use these u will need a stronger deep cycle battery since the roll consumes 5 amps so 4 lights in the water would run you about 10amps the chew motorcycle batteries would give u about 30 mins

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Vegaj There are brighter lights but I actually use a dimmer because even these are very bright. Light is to show up shrimp not spook them and I have found too bright the shrimp will actually swim around them. Takes practice but it does a great job.

What do you use for a power source when shrimping with these lights? Do you connect straight to the pier outlet or 12v batteries? @markalingle

nice simple design. they make cable glands designed for watertight integerity, you didnt have to go through all of that with the cable. Just search watertight cable glands on Amazon.

Could these lights run off of a battery?...and what could be the smallest battery it could run on?

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

Hunter Ledford Yes Hunter, they are 12 volts. Any 12 volt supply will work.

could you just plug these into a wall outlet or would that not work, just curious wanting to make one for my new house on the bay.

@stub792

9 жыл бұрын

You would have to buy 120v LEDs. Which usually come with some sort of inverter and a control module. These are 12v LEDs, you would get a nice light show then complete melt down if you plugged these into a wall outlet.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Stu B Thanks Stu for answering for me. lol I've been busy but I see you have helped many. Good job sir. :)

Was trying build one, can't seem to find end cap to fit 2" to big and 1.5" is just a bit to small. And it is the 2" od clear pipe, was wonder what size cap you went with thanks

@MarkALingle

8 жыл бұрын

+eroggero 2" ID and standard pvc pipe works best from any hardware store and use standard pvc glue. www.amazon.com/Pipe-Schedule-PVC-Feet-Long/dp/B000R885P2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441232154&sr=8-1&keywords=2%22+schedule+40+clear example of 1 1/2" ID Schedule 40. You really need 2" though just do a web search.

@bobbie6442

8 жыл бұрын

+eroggero .I used 1 7/8 polycarbonate with 2 inch caps, worked great. Used 1 inch pvc to wrap LED and used 1 inch coupler on each end to hold tube with LED, all tight fit. Also found elongated cable tread for the cable gland at a company in CO call Sealcon, goes all the way thru the 2 inch cap with lots of room, no countersink. Sealcon was great to help me for FREE>>>>>

I have tried this, had this similar idea as well. The only problem was the sealing part. I had made two end caps from fiberglass for the pvc tubes, made stoppers inside and filled the whole end caps with grease to prevent water from getting in. Worked sort of but then I had a linear crack in the tube, so when I put it down in shallow water it used to take in water and in deeper water the crack would close, anyway everything shorted and most of the lights burnt up :(. Good job for this one look great, I just need to know from where you bought the end caps or what they are called, to get that good seal? I might start thinking of building a new one this year if it works so well.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Jean Paul Mifsud Saydon Use heavy pvc 2" and pvc glue. If you can poistivelt forced some air in the plastic tube and seal it it will force water out like a divers watch. Shallow water isn't effected but for deeper installs, positive pressure will work like installing a tire valve stem, seal it and pump in nitrogen or dry air to .05 psi.

Mark, thanks for the video. You've provided me with some good idea's but have you tried the 5050 led's? Unlike you I want the brightest I can get since I'll be using it in a saltwater application. I believe they burn a lot hotter so not sure if they can withstand the internal temperature. Also one idea to weight it down would be to fill the 3/4" PVC tubing with cement powered and then simply soak both ends to harden it.

@MarkALingle

8 жыл бұрын

+Fish Dawg I have not but let me know how you like them! LED won't give you any heat issues. It'a all good my friend. :)

What was the total cost for a pair?

Awesome idea are these lights able to sink on their own or do you have to attached a weight of some kind for me to sink to the bottom ?

@MarkALingle

8 жыл бұрын

Weights since they are sealed with air within. I imagine you could fill them with a dielectric fluid like transformer oil but weights are easier to control at what depth you desire.

@randyburke4444

8 жыл бұрын

+MarkALingle gotcha thanks!

About how many lumens with that rig

Hey mark can you give me a list off all the parts you got kind of hard to follow them through the video trying to build my light asap thanks

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

dhardman85 www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc Caps at any hardware store and glue. Any cord will do, (Extension card) and lights are linked in video description. Hope that helps.

last 30 seconds, OMG you CAN speak!

Hi, brilliant video ! I want to make something like the hydroglo 4' light as I need it for squid and sword fishing. Its specs are 648 high output LEDs, two amp draw, 4,000 lumens. Can you please advise what led tape I'd need to get something similar. Many thanks

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Offshore Drifter Same light, whole package, bigger design since mine are 12". lol Can even use 2 packs and use dimmer to lower light level to desired brightness.,

Do you have a link to the Clear PVC tube you use now? I cant find any on amazon

@joeb327

9 жыл бұрын

Zoro Industrial Supplies zoro com www.zoro.com www.zoro.com/i/G0796451/ Pipe, Schedule 40, PVC, 2 In, 8 Feet Long By EXCELON Color: Clear Zoro Number: G0796451 Mfr Number: 43088 $34.12/ea

@vegaj6900

9 жыл бұрын

Joe B Out of curiosity have you made shrimp lights with clear pvc. I ordered it from Zoro and the PVC pipe arrived. It is very dark and I was sort of expecting clear its like glass with a tint. Has anyone used it. Although very heavy duty isn't the darkness of the clear pvc counterproductive? Just wondering before I make the lights.

@joeb327

9 жыл бұрын

Vegaj So far I have made 4 of them with the PVC from Zoro. I believe I had the same reaction as you when I received it and thought it was tinted. The LED lights are bright enough where it had little impact on the performance. I also made internal weights that fit inside of the 3/4" PVC. Works well for me as I sink the lights at my dock and leave them in for a week at a time.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Mike C www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Vegaj It looks smokey but works great. The light are very bright. I even have to use a dimmer.

Glad you're taking the time to teach us stuff, but why no sound?

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Grand Wonder I talk too much. lol

When you want to seal this thing, you may want to use 5200. I would suggest you get everything right because you will never be opening it up again.

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

David Infinger www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc Use PVC and pvc glue with strain relief works best. Trial and error. :)

Also how many lumens would you say the lights you built are?

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

I posted the links in the description Paul. Don't remember off hand but I know I had to install a dimmer. lmao

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

I'm also doing another build a little differently in the next week. Heavy duty using 2" clear pvc which is practically indestructible. People are making similar lights and selling them for 150.00 using basically the same materials. However they have 25 foot cords. I used a 100 foot extension cord and cut it in half for 2 fifty footers. The pvc clear is running less then 10.00 foot. I think the LED strip was 300 lights and I cut that in half 150 each light. Paid around 14$ for the lights. Cord was free, I already had it. Misc items maybe 10.00 bucks (Caps, solder, pvc adhesive.) So it's around 35-40.00 for 2 or 20 bucks a piece if you already have the cord to sacrifice. You can get 3 color lights for the same price and add a controller if you want different colors but green is good for fish and shrimp some like white for flounder. It's all up to what you want Paul. :)

A good and inexpensive way to make the lights, will have to follow your lead and get started, the video would be more helpful if you talked your way through it, we are all amateurs out here, so what the heck.

Curious if these will work for squid?

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

I've caught squid in my lights so I'd have to say yes. lol Everything comes into the light Heather. Manatee's ,shrimp, trout, drum, eels, needle fish, mullet, everything. See the light attracts the little guys and the big guys follow. Good luck. :)

What was the company name you bought the clear pipe from, After seeing your build I looked and some of those folks are asking some crazy prices on that stuff!!

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Lonnie Hollifield www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc On Amazon, 5' length. :)

5200 sucks I use goop works great

USE YOUR WORDS!!!!!!

kinda interesting, guess one needs salt water,,,ha

dude that's awesome Im looking to make one I like the way you did your cn you pm me the sizes an stuff to make my own

@MarkALingle

10 жыл бұрын

Scott Douglas Hey Scott, the sizes are in the vid I made them 12" You can make any size you wish though. I am now using 2" clear pvc a guy is selling on Amazon and it rocks! Now can use pvc glue for the caps! Silicone the ends first then glue the caps on!

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

Scott Douglas www.amazon.com/Clear-PVC-Pipe-Foot-Length/dp/B00IIF1XQO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1429464863&sr=8-18&keywords=clear+2%22+pvc

actually i bought em for 14 euro .. .lol

Why no verbal help?

@MarkALingle

9 жыл бұрын

I'm shy. lol really though I hate people who babble on in how to vids. That's why I typed the pertinent info. My next vid I will talk just for you though. lol I've made improvements in waterproofing. Next month!

Buy one for $19.95

Thanks everyone for the great ideas contributing to making a better light. I'm so busy at work I haven't had the time to make my new video but it is coming. I have ideas for other types similar in design but for different applications.