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I have been meaning to try a set of LEDs. Have NOT done it, yet. I do not have high hopes, myself. Although they seem like a great idea, LEDs in other areas of the marine business are no more reliable than bulbs by Edison. "Underwater lights," in particular, are a pet peeve with me. These are big with the rich people, right now. Almost everything on the market now is LED with these. Some of them, made for expensive yachts, cost as much as $5000.00 apiece. You could probably drive a tank over them; yet, although usually only about three feet underwater, on average, the LED segments fail constantly. It is insane. We also have some navigation side lights out there that are LEDs. Some of them are also quite expensive. We are currently waiting for replacements for two Lopolight-brand units that list for $250 apiece and almost caught the boats on fire, they got so hot, when they failed. So we will see, on relatively cheapo trailer parts….
My best luck with lights (in salt water all the time) has been to buy the cheap ones that are NOT open on the bottom. When they are new, I take them apart and seal everything with clear silicone, including the screws and where the wires enter the back of the unit. They have lasted me a few years or more, that way, launching almost every weekend in the summer.
Long live American manufacturing!