[C38] Listserve Digest, Vol 15, Issue 11

Sun Jun 9 22:02:15 EDT 2019

Welcome Richard,
I also recommend hard wired light fixtures.  I hate looking after batteries, and keep replacing them.  Specially here in Costa Rica, where weather is warm and humid. Batteries won’t last that long, so before you notice, they’ll spill acid, and kill the lights.  

My boat has no overhead lighting, so I need light with a shade,   Just like the originals. 
I have installed the Aqua Signal LED “fluorescent shape” lights on the head, and galley. They are awesome, and the current draw is minimal.   

But for bulkhead light,  Imitra makes very nice LED ligh fixtures, but they are very expensive, so I’m planning to install something like this:
https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?name=sea-dog-cabin-reading-light-with-touch-dimmer&path=-1|65136|2312540|2312541&id=4576723

Regards, 

Max Soto A
C38 #198 Estancia 
Puntarenas, Costa Rica 
+506-8312-1367

> On Jun 7, 2019, at 11:18, Richard Gershberg <rickg at gershberglaw.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> This is my first response so I thought I would "give" before asking questions for a "get."
> 
> I have an 83 Cat 38' that I bought in Sept of 2017. We are on the Patapsco River off the Chesapeake Bay.
> 
> The boat came with hard wired LEDs in all the right places accept for the head, where the light is insufficient, at least according to my wife...
> We have supplemented with some battery operated LEDs but they do not provide the same level of light and of course the batteries don't last that long with the changes in temperature that invariable occur.  I would recommend the hard wired lights with accessible switches that you can easily feel in the dark. My boat has the slim bar type that take up minimal space and you can barely see if the light is not on. I think it was a good install by the prior owner.
> 
> My 2 cents....
> 
> Rick
> 
> Richard L. Gershberg, Esquire
> Gershberg & Associates, LLC
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>   1. Light fixture replacements (Pierre Patino)
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 08:14:06 -0700
> From: Pierre Patino <pierre.patino at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [C38] Light fixture replacements
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> Hello All
> I would like to replace every light fixture in the boat. They are the
> original ones and many of the shades are melted and yellow.  There are many
> many choices out there but I was wondering what your recommendations are.
> Thanks!
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 08:28:28 -0700
> From: Don Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [C38] Light fixture replacements
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> I have been eclectic in replacing lights. Toward the bow, it is so hard 
> to replace old wires --- and new LED fixtures are so good and so cheap, 
> that I have gone with battery operated lights; non-marine are just as 
> good and much less expensive than "marine." The previous owner put in 
> some newer fixtures in which I have replaced the bulbs with LEDs. The 
> overhead fixtures in the Salon can be expensive, but other knockoffs are 
> pretty cheap and take LEDs. Discrete Charm is a 1980 C38, an old boat, 
> and it is what it is.
> Don
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>> On 6/7/19 8:14 AM, Pierre Patino wrote:
>> Hello All
>> I would like to replace every light fixture in the boat. They are the 
>> original ones and many of the shades are melted and yellow.? There are 
>> many many choices out there but I was wondering what your 
>> recommendations are.
>> Thanks!
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> Donald R. Strong
> Professor,
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> University of California, Davis,
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