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Lights and bilge pumps are wired to the boat's switch panel like everything else, but each has its own rules: navigation lights have to shine through set angles, and a bilge pump has to work automatically and pick up the water without running the battery flat.

Navigation lights

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Positioning and wiring side lights and an all-round white light.

Installing LED docking lights

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Fitting LED light bars as docking lights.

Making underwater lights

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Making waterproof lights from PVC pipe, for prawning or anything else.

Wiring a bilge pump

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Wiring a bilge pump with an automatic switch and an on, auto and off switch panel.