Pimp my ride

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I walked into halfords and thought it would be too complicated to explain that due to my limited power supply on the boat i wanted to replace my cabin lights with energy efficient leds plus i needed some in red to ensure i didnt ruin my night vision.
So, i walked in on a very sunny day, took my shades off and announced 'i wanna pimp my ride, what selection of cool lights do you do?' Captain chav, on duty that morning, guided me through a wide selection of strip leds, concealed light points, blue spots... 'All 12v, just wire it to the car'. 'Perfect for the job' i thought, 'just not in blue', it kills your night vision... 'would you have these in red? Blue is not me, you know w'i mean'.
So i walked out with a bag full of £5.99 red led spots and went about to pimp my cabin. They're perfect, i have three by the chart table and six around the cabin, they can be switched in groups so you control the amount of light, from a dim cinema style safety light to a red light district amsterdam brothel all without affecting night vision.
I have used and tested these leds before for a full season, they wont fail due to changing voltage unlike others i tried and they are by far the cheapest leds spots you can find. The local chandler has some for 30 quid. I have only one in white, as occasionally you need to distinguish colours, it's mounted on a swivel as a replacement to bulb of a traditional brass cabin light and can be used either as a reading light or if you point it to the head lining it diffuses enough light to bring back the colour dimension to my otherwise entirely red cabin lights system...

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