Re: Anyone like this idea?
maxxie said:
1st: Trailer maybe easy for you to hit at night, maybe not so easy for me.
No big deal, as 180Fisherman said, it'll be easy with a little practice.
2nd: The point of the thread is that I had an idea that will make it easier for "ME" to load at night.
Point of my reply was that most trailers ALREADY had waterproof lights on them, why do you need more?
3rd: Yes, I do have trailer lights & yes I am "one of those" who unplug them before I back it into the water. Why do you care what I do?
I really don't care what you do. I'm killing time for an hour till I get off for a 3 day weekend to go watch the Pensacola (Blue Angels) airshow from the boat. I get paid the same for answering your questions as for anything else I do till then. It was you who asked in your original post:
maxxie said:
I was just trying to point out that what you were trying to do is already present on every boat trailer I've ever seen, since they already have waterproof lights on them.
Is there some reason you think these other lights you're talking about will be any different than the trailer lights that you currently feel the need to unplug to put the trailer in the water?
4th: The 110 is a factory plug & it is fused.
110 volt AC lights on a boat trailer is a BAD idea, no matter how it's fused. That will DEFINITELY come under the "stupid idea" clause in your original post. Do a little basic research on electricity and it's affects. From AllAboutCircuits, Physioloical Effects of Electricity:
How AC affects the body depends largely on frequency. Low-frequency (50- to 60-Hz) AC is used in US (60 Hz) and European (50 Hz) households; it can be more dangerous than high-frequency AC and is 3 to 5 times more dangerous than DC of the same voltage and amperage.
110V AC is 3 to 5 times more dangerous than 110V DC - how do you think it compares to 12V DC?
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/2.html
The paragraph below is from the MIT Electrical/Mechanical safety website. Pay attention to the sentence in bold about 110 AC in the first paragraph, and it's effects in the summary chart:
From:
http://web.mit.edu/environment/ehs/electrical_mechanical.html
At 20 milliamps you can't let go of the circuit. 20 milliamps is 1/50 of an amp.
Notice the effects of 100 milliamps (1/10 of an amp) of 110V AC:
ventricular fibrillation; holds unconscious victim to the circuit, could be fatal
200 milliamps (1/5 of an amp) is even better:
Heart stops, muscles contract intensely & could break bones, severe burns, breathing stops
1 amp is 1000 milliamps. 100 milliamps is 1/10 of an amp, 200 milliamps is 1/5 of an amp. Check the fuse on your factory 110 circuit. If it is 1 amp then it has 10 times the current capability it needs to kill you.
Since power equals volts times amps, a 1 amp fuse would give you 110 x 1 = 110 watts of power at your plug. Just enough power to light a single 100 watt lightbulb. I bet you have a bigger fuse than 1 amp.
EDIT: Toyota claims 400 watts for the AC outlet, so the fuse will be at least 4, maybe 5 amps. Means you can electrocute yourself and 39 of your buddies at once using 100 milliamps each, since you'll have at least 4,000 milliamps available.
5th: I'm not sure if I understand the point of your reply. If you don't like the idea just hit the "back button" in the upper left corner of your computer screen, that will take you back 1 page.
Never said I didn't like your idea of lights on the trailer. I use it every time I put my boat on the trailer. Just trying to figure out why your trailer didn't come with it already. Why post your original question if you don't want answers? You can always go to your Iboat control panel and hit "IGNORE" for the posters who don't agree with you, then you won't see their posts anymore.
6: I just thought it would look cool. When I finish it I'll "PM" you a picture & you can reply back as to how stupid it looks.
Never saw anything about just "looking cool" in your original post. Must have had my tinfoil mindreader helmet turned off when you posted.
