Airnet
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- Joined
- Nov 13, 2020
- Messages
- 24
- Vessel Name
- Valhalla
- Vessel Make
- West Bay
Hello,
Are there any experts that can confirm my thinking on LED lights conversion. We purchased a 1999 Westbay in August. The prior owner was in the process of replacing the interior halogen lights with LEDs. On the first showing, we notice the LED's were flickering like they were connected to a non LED dimmer. The broker and owner didn't notice the pulsing but it bothered the wife and I. Fast forward 3 months, I finally had time last week to look into the flickering. I found the old halogen lights are on a 12 volt AC circuit. The new LED's are installed on this same 12 volt AC circuit but need 12 volt DC. The prior owner purchased enough replacement LED's to do the entire boat and we like them.
The question: There are 4 light circuits. Since I'm redoing the entire boat with LED's, can't I just move the wire from the AC panel to the DC panel after I finish a circuit? I understand I would also need to remove the 110 AC to 12 volt AC converter.
Thanks,
Curt
Are there any experts that can confirm my thinking on LED lights conversion. We purchased a 1999 Westbay in August. The prior owner was in the process of replacing the interior halogen lights with LEDs. On the first showing, we notice the LED's were flickering like they were connected to a non LED dimmer. The broker and owner didn't notice the pulsing but it bothered the wife and I. Fast forward 3 months, I finally had time last week to look into the flickering. I found the old halogen lights are on a 12 volt AC circuit. The new LED's are installed on this same 12 volt AC circuit but need 12 volt DC. The prior owner purchased enough replacement LED's to do the entire boat and we like them.
The question: There are 4 light circuits. Since I'm redoing the entire boat with LED's, can't I just move the wire from the AC panel to the DC panel after I finish a circuit? I understand I would also need to remove the 110 AC to 12 volt AC converter.
Thanks,
Curt
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