DIY Kayak Led Lights

It's very easy to do this.

Item's needed

Hot glue gun

Waterproof led strip from ebay

12v 6800ah lithium battery

The project cost's $40 total.

Step 1: The Led Strip

The led strip has a sticky backing to it already, You can peel and place this into the bottom channel of the kayak, fits perfectly till you get to the nose part. I used hot glue every 3 inches to make sure the water or heat would not make the led strip fall off.

Step 2: Power and Testing the Lights Out

Here you'll see where the battery goes in, and you can see how it lights up around the area of the kayak.

Thanks for watching!

Comments

[val]

Hello, do you think it can be done to an inflatable kayak ? thanks for your answer, Valerie.

[StormC6]

I found that contact cement works better than a glue gun for attaching the strips.

[steveduerr0]

My led strip roll has wires coming out both ends. CanI cut that wires off one end and put a cap before I put it on my kayak

[duerrsj]

Using this procedure how would I add a on/off switch

[HP_II]

Love this, once I get back to kayaking, this will be at the top of my list to do. With Red and Green and White LED's this would be a great way to be seen on some busier lakes around dusk.

[BrianC33]

Correct navigation lights are required when sailing at night. Other than that a great setup! Will be very useful when night fishing... Thank you for posting!

[joseph07]

Good Instructable! You can probally do this with some neopixels and an Arduino to create effects on the watwr!

[mrandle]

It would drive the fish crazy lol. I wonder if you could get lights strong enough inside the hull to make it glow but I bet it's fairly thick.

[hitandrepair]

not sure but you can get the led lights in multiple strands of color even!

[neopolitan]

nice idea but i think a red, green and white setup would be more conventional

[hitandrepair]

I agree and I know that this is the colors for official boating. Conventional maybe, but where Im going, no boats are on or in those waters. rarely you'll see another kayaker.

[CHaD4HiM]

Thanks this is awesome information! I am going to do this for sure!!

[fzumrk]

That looks really cool. Can you see down into the water at all with the lights?

[hitandrepair]

Yeah, I'll get a video up soon when I find clear water. The river I was in is very muddy.

[hitandrepair]

I will be posting more content soon, this will be coming from my channel on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/hitandrepair

[drosenkranz]

great idea. I used these lights on my Vw buggy and in my house on the crown moldings around my ceiling they work great

[hitandrepair]

nice!

[jneong]

This is awesome! Do you have an estimated runtime for that battery and your given length of LEDs out of curiosity?

[hitandrepair]

The lights draw 5 amps at its full length. This is a 6.8 ahr battery, so just over a hour the lights will stay bright. I havnt used them over that. There is 300 lights in this strand i believe and is 15 ft long.

[rhm3]

What a simple idea. I never even thought of this. Definitely on my to-do list.