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DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 02:31 AM
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Fishbonz
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Last edited by Fishbonz; 06/18/15 02:31 AM.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 04:09 AM
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Tdot
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Omg! That is clean! Great job. How did you do it?
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 04:39 AM
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First I tried to use a Fish Tape but the fish tape is curved when it comes out and it finds every little nook & cranny of the foam and gets hung up .So I decided to let sir Isaac Newton help me out.I just propped the boat up and tied a 1/2 oz weight to some braided line ,dropped the weight into the hole at one end and let gravity work the weight down to the other end and grab the braided line with a hanger and pull it thru. Then all I had to do was connect the wires to the braid and pull the wires thru.Simple
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 05:03 AM
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Great job. First class installation!
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 01:48 PM
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Great job. First class installation! Thanks K.D.!
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 01:49 PM
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Omg! That is clean! Great job. How did you do it? Thanks Tdot! I owe it all to you man.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 06:07 PM
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Do you have any other plans?
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/18/15 08:33 PM
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I don`t know what other modifications would be substantial. I already have my Troll motor set up with dual transducers for my side scan and down scan unit so I can`t think of anything else What more have you done with yours?
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/19/15 05:31 AM
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I put lights on mine. I wanted to try night fishing. I'm glad I did
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/19/15 10:54 AM
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Likewise.I had forgot to mention that was one of my first projects
Last edited by Fishbonz; 06/20/15 03:28 AM.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/20/15 03:42 PM
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Nice! I think I'm done now. I fish out of it until I find something else that would make it more convenient for me.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/21/15 03:26 PM
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Cool lights! ive got a 14' flat bottom boat that I'd like to set up for night fishing. Where did you get your lights? Any idea, how long they would run with just a "small" battery? like a motorcycle battery? I know I'd need bow and stern light too. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/21/15 05:11 PM
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James you can find them on Ebay or Amazon but which ever ones you decide make sure they are waterproof!I used a small 12v battery and powered my strips all night so a motorcycle battery should be ok.I would go with a 5M 5050 RGB LED KIT.There are some Youtube videos on theses strips just Google up LED light strips and see where it takes you.
Last edited by Fishbonz; 06/21/15 05:42 PM.
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/22/15 02:11 PM
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Re: DIY Electronic Pelican 8fter installation
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06/22/15 07:26 PM
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Did you wire the lights directly thru a toggle switch? No special connecters needed like an invertor or anything? lights-->switch-->battery?
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