Something I intended to share oh.... about 4 (maybe 5?) years ago.
It is really nice to have red interior lighting. On a small boat, it does not take much... maybe one for the head, and one in the galley.
Of course you can spend $189 on a dual color light fixture with LED's from a marine supplier...
OR
Get yourself down to your local walmart, truck stop, or flea-bay and go to the trailer section...
I have been using a couple of the red LED clearance lights that I bought for $5 and they are great.
Make sure you don't mount them at eye level, but with proper mounting and a switch you have some
great, long lasting, low draw lighting.
We have one over the galley, and another over the head... they are great.
Here is one example (http://vehiclelight.com/2300r1.html).
Here is another (http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200009624_200009624);
(http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/127602_lg.jpg) (http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/127619_lg.jpg)
Laura saw those some time ago and thought-"what a great idea"
Since we already have white/red LED fixtures inside we didn't need them. Sure wouldn't mind finding some white LED fixtures like that though.
Nifty low cost solution. I may go with that for the head.
But where are you shopping that the manufactured ones cost nearly $200?
Here's the one we bought (http://search.defender.com/?SI=33d2a0d9-a8c4-4049-ab12-1ce9b989320a&Action=14&AXD=http%3a%2f%2fwww.defender.com%2fProductDisplay%3fprodnum%3d700539%7e700539%7eLED+Dome+Cabin+Light%7e83.99) for over the galley. The white is quite bright, too.
walmart also has those white led lights in the boating section for around $10 +/-. I bought a red mini running light from the auto section and used that over my pilot birth. I removed the red lens and made a lamp shade out of a scrap peice of stainless. I loaned it to friend a few months ago for his non-powered boat and have not heard from him since. geuss that means I'll never get it back. lol.