[C38] LED Bulbs

[Larry Malmberg]

Great advice Tom and I'll take it.  I purchased some time ago a spare set of
bow and stern lights which I have on the boat now in a locker.  I'll bring
them home and do a little paint job on them for sure.  I also noticed on the
"old" set some corrosion in the wire connections, cleaned that up and put
some battery terminal spray on them but the wires going to the bow are
getting a little short.  LOL 






Best regards,

Larry Malmberg

7231 Boulder Avenue Suite 507
Highland, CA 92346 PI 15211
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-----Original Message-----
From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of tdtron at earthlink.net
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Larrypi at roadrunner.com, Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] LED Bulbs

Hello Larry,

It sounds like you have received good advice already concerning the LEDs but
I did want to add something.

My boat was kept in St. Pete Florida which means solar destruction of
anything.  I upgraded to the Aqua Signal light mounted on the pulpit which
used a single bulb and was also easier to see from a distance than the
original hull mounted Perko lights which always shorted out in heavy seas.

Before I mounted the new light fixture, I painted the outside with a gloss
black enamel for weather and sun protection and the inside with a gloss
white enamel for reflectivity.  I also upgraded the bulb to an LED
replacement bulb but by painting the inside of the fixture it made the LED
light much brighter with no additional current.

Five years after painting my Aqua Signal fixture it still looked like new
while a newer boat on my dock that was launched after my painting procedure
had a similar but unpainted light that was already gray from the Florida
sun. 

Tom Troncalli
Recovering Ex-Catalina 38 owner


> [Original Message]
> From: Larry Malmberg <Larrypi at roadrunner.com>
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Date: 3/5/2012 10:02:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [C38] LED Bulbs
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> I should have mentioned, I have Aqua Signal 25 bow and stern lighting 
> fixtures.
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> Best regards,
>
> Larry Malmberg
> Team Hassle
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> Telephone  909-208-1847
> FAX           909-991-7568
>
> E Mail  Larrypi at roadrunner.com
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> Hi all, I want to replace my bow and stern light bulbs with led's, 
> anyone have a good on line source for led's?  The bulbs are festoon 
> with the inverted nipple and I have looked around but been unable to 
> find them at a reasonable price.  Any references would be appreciated.
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> Best regards,
>
> Larry Malmberg
> Team Hassle
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> Telephone  909-208-1847
> FAX           909-991-7568
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> E Mail  Larrypi at roadrunner.com
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