Drain Plug light review
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So I've read all the reviews on drain plug lights and I've had lights that I installed on my last boat, but I just hate drilling holes in my new boat. So I started doing a little research and came across a drain plug light made by Diablo Royale Customs. Their website is www.boatpluglight.com and before anyone says anything I'm not associated with them in anyway what so ever. I bought a dual head light for $180 and thought I would be throwing my money away but we were getting ready for a big trip to Norris Lake in Tennessee and I wanted to have something cool for our night rides. Needless to say I was blown away with the quality of the light as well as the ability to light up the water. I have a wake plate with a single cylinder in the middle so the light is partially blocked but it still does an awesome job of lighting up the water. I've attached a few pictures of it so you can see what mine looked like. I know there are a lot of options out there and this may not be the best option for under water lighting, but for me it has worked out great!!!! I did have a small issue but I was able to contact them and they quickly walked me thru the solution and I had them working within ten minutes of having them installed. If you are considering underwater lights I would highly recommend these!
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Freakin' genious, no drilling required stupid easy install
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install was two wires and that was it. Very simply, clean, and now worries about any leaks. I'm very happy!
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They're quite a bit less expensive on ebay dependent the wattage and illumni... what rating are these?
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Wow!
I would not have thought a Drain Plug light would look so good. I got talked into $600 lights with $350 install fee and it looks about the same. :banghead: (see below) Ill try the drain plug light on my next boat for sure. Thanks for the review! |
Looks good for $180!
<rant> I still don't understand how these things are so expensive. Single is $55, double is 3x that, for a T-fitting and a couple elbows? I have some experience with scuba lights, and this is basically just a bare LED grid, voltage regulator, and waterproofing. No reflector, controller, switch, battery housing or battery, yet it costs the same as a complete scuba light? It would be nice if someone did real lumen / lux testing on these things. </rant> |
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I haven't bought one of these (yet), but have looked into them quite a bit. If you check out the videos on his site he's done quite a bit of testing against the other drain plug LED's and his are definitely superior.
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It's 40 watts and 1800lumens (900 lumens per light)
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Not priced too bad at all!!
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^ that one looks like its for threaded plug holes. is there another version for 1" rubber plug holes? or am I missing something
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLUE-DOUBLE-...c1f215&vxp=mtr
This is the exact one I purchased. Looks like a lot of positive reviews and I bet I put five or six hours on them and they worked great for me that trip. They also have a newer light out that looks to be even brighter but I was happy with this one. |
is that one threaded too? all the ones I found look like their threaded.
I'm using this for a plug: http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-m...gs--P001919323 |
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I would not trust a rubber stopper plug on any closed-bilge boat. They're nice for boston whalers, jon boats, etc... where you can easily access the drain plug, but not on a boat where the drain is not accessible. |
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actually, its a Sanger v230. The plug clamps down squeezing the rubber to make a good seal. I've lost count of how many times I've pulled it out of the lake and had ZERO water in the bilge so I think I'll be fine.
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Garon can you take a pic of it installed on the trailer. I think your wake plate is as close to the drain plug as the one on my supra. Is there any problem with it interfering with it?
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close to 50 hours on the plug without issue! I'll check and see if its threaded.
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I had a drain plug light I bought off ebay last year. It was only $30. It totally worked and for $30 it was awesome. THere was a big right up on it about last May 2014 or June 2014 with links to the lights if you look back through the forum.
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^^^ I bought one of those too. Great for what it is. My wake plate ram blocks it a little but for 30 bucks its almost free.
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here a couple of pics installed
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Looks good
Thanks that's the exact pic I wanted to see. Looks like it would work with my supra too. |
Nacho, my Sanger has a brass threaded inlet but I too use a rubber crank down plug. 420 hours with no problems.
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my sanger has the same rubber plug i wish i could find this for the old style plugs
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IIRC mine came with a rubber plug. even has the chain hanging out of the drain hole on occasion. didn't get out last wknd so still not sure if I can use this or not!
Thanks guys, I wasn't worried about it but it helps knowing i'm not the only one! |
Well i checked last weekend. I DO NOT have a threaded drain plug hole! sucks cause i wanted one of these. May contact seller
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http://boatpluglight.com/products/ty...plug-led-light |
Does anyone have color preferences? I'm thinking red, but it seems blue is most common. Main use would be for night rides and swimming at night.
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I have the single version plug light from boatpluglight.com and am very happy with it. Finally got a pic of it the other day when we were out until sunset. There is still daylight in the pic so I'm thinking it will be even brighter at night.
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I got the single rubber plug version as well I will post a pic once i get it out at night . It seems like good quality and is really right in the pool .
BTW to those that doubt .. there are lots of high end boats still using the rubber plug for the bilge . I wouldnt recommend the lever type though seems like a kid could knock that off too easy swimming around the back of the boat when hanging out . |
I installed a green one that I got from the following link for only $30 to go with the 2 blue factory leds on my 08 XStar...contrast was pretty cool. And it was only $30!! I never really got a good night time pic of it, but it looked pretty sweet. Below is a pic a friend had of it before sun down. Trust me, it looked a lot brighter at night!
http://www.wholesalemarine.com/garbo...ApCRoCgQTw_wcB http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...pszlmnjzp0.jpg |
I was thinking of getting the single light version. Any other night pics? Do you think it's worth it for the double version?
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Did any of you have to remove the wake plate to get it to screw in ?? They look great..
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Has anyone had trouble with the size? The Diablo Royale is a 1/2" NPT and my drain plug is 3/4" straight thread with O-ring. Anyone know where I could go any adapter to get it to fit right? I've been trying to get this to work for too long now :banghead:
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This adapter should get you there http://www.finditparts.com/products/...cts-h3269x12x8
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Has anyone seen or used an rgb drain plug light?
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Has anyone put one on there supra yet??
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ok so I have yet to snap a picture of mine but I am not very impressed . Its pretty bright in perfectly clean water like the pool but under the swim deck of my v210 you can hardly see it in most lakes . I know my boat sits a little low in the back but I really did think it would be brighter . My buddy had a dual plug set up on his malibu skier and its brighter then mine but not that much brighter . I cant get my boat into Tahoe to see how it would be in really clear water otherwise Id tell you guys how it works there .
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