Underwater LED install

[jimmsch]

And that is the Loki 2?
Can you link to the place of purchase?

[Theodoric]

how is the light any pics?

[mattsask]

Mine was super underwhelming, and I went into it with low expectations.

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[c04rsx-sm]

So i just wired in my mormo light to the two pig tails from the factory. They are powered by the same switch as stazi said: closest to steering wheel on left. Flipped the switch worked for 3 sec and blew breaker under steering wheel. Reset... same thing. What do i do now...?

[c04rsx-sm]

So i just wired in my mormo light to the two pig tails from the factory. They are powered by the same switch as stazi said: closest to steering wheel on left. Flipped the switch worked for 3 sec and blew breaker under steering wheel. Reset... same thing. What do i do now...?

Update:

I was looking at boat plugs spec on the titan and mormo and it says they require 8 amp min. I looked on breaker for underwater lights and it says 3 amp... obviously that’s the problem. Well right above the underwater light breaker is the breaker for docking lights which is a 10 amp breaker. My boat doesn’t have docking lights so I swapped them and now it works fine!

Anyone have any input against doing this...?

[MLA]

I would not assume that a circuit protected by a 3A fuse has a wire gauge that will exceed that new 10A breaker. Simply swapping breakers, may not the proper step.

[zabooda]

I would not assume that a circuit protected by a 3A fuse has a wire gauge that will exceed that new 10A breaker. Simply swapping breakers, may not the proper step.

X2. Heck of a light you have. You don't want to cook those wires.

[c04rsx-sm]

Are you saying the gauge wire should be bigger?

[zabooda]

Are you saying the gauge wire should be bigger?

Maybe. You need to find the wire size used and then a good guess on the length of run (I'm guessing 20 feet). The charts I see are all over the board on the wire sizes but for 10 amps should be 14-16 AWG for a 20 foot run. If you are lucky, they didn't install 18 AWG. You also have to look at any connecting parts to ensure they can take the higher current.

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[MLA]

Are you saying the gauge wire should be bigger?

I dont know what gauge it is, but it needs to be a gauge that can support a 10A breaker. You upped the circuit protection amperage by 3 times. If the factory wiring was designed for that 3A circuit, you could have an issue with a 10A breaker. Now the wire is the weak link, rendering the breaker useless.