[C38] C38 Dome light on cabin top

[PAUL NOTTE]

Max , are you talking about the lights just under the center window? if so Impulse has them on both sides . They are wired into the panel under "cabin"  on my boat. By the way they make lots of great hard shell looms to hide wiring with sticky backing try a home entertainment install shop.
  Paul
 Impulse 

----- Original Message -----
From: Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:25 pm
Subject: [C38] C38 Dome light on cabin top
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <Listserve at catalina38.org>

> Hi Tom, I haven´t seen that light in other C38s, in fact, is not 
> even in the
> wiring diagram. I saw this light before in two   
> C38s  for sale and went
> looking for a closer look on my boat  but there were no 
> sings of a previous
> installation.
> It definetely wasn't stock on my boat.
> I agree that it is a very important light on a C38 and I'm 
> trying to desing
> something to route the wires. Does your boat has other dome 
> lights on the
> interior or only above the table???
> How about the other C38´s on the list??
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Max
> 2009/10/15 Tom T. <tdtron at earthlink.net>
> 
> > Hi Max,
> >
> > That light position was original and the wiring is molded into 
> the cabin
> > top between the inner and outer fiberglass shells.  I 
> upgraded the original
> > light for a modern halogen light.  When I upgraded my 
> wiring harness some
> > years ago, it was a lot of trouble because Catalina only left 
> a very little
> > of the wiring showing at the harness inside the port cabinet 
> over the
> > dinette.  I had to surgically cut back the fiberglass to 
> expose enough wire
> > to solder on a longer lead to connect to my new 10 ga. 
> harness.  The
> > original harness was 16 or 18 ga. and connected to the light 
> leaders by
> > 3-way crimp connectors which don't last forever in salt air.
> >
> > I'm surprised your boat doesn't have a light unless it went 
> bad and the
> > previous owner covered up the mounting holes to hide the fact 
> there was a
> > light missing.  You may want to try to expose your 
> harness where the deck
> > meets the hull inside the boat.  You may find you have a 
> wiring branch going
> > up into the headlinner.  If so, you can use a toner to 
> follow the wire
> > through the cabin top to expose where it should have a light.
> >
> > That is a very important light on the 38 and I bet your boat 
> had one at one
> > time.  Just guessing.
> >
> > Tom Troncalli
> >
> >
> 
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