[C38] LED mast head lights

[Glenn Terry]

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G!enn

Smooth Moves
San Francisco

Someone suggested we sign off with our boat name and location.  Good idea.

Charles wrote:

>Max,
>I did not go with your solution because perhaps in a moment of bad 
>judgment, I called my insurance broker to discuss going with a non USCG 
>option.  He told me this could void my policy as I am supposed to be 
>using USCG and everyone else approved equipment.  Might be paranoid, but 
>I figure there is a note attached to my policy file about this!  On the 
>other hand, it is a lot less expensive your way.
>Chuck
>
>Max Soto wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Bill,
>> 
>>I Installed an aqua signal anchor light ($23) and replaced the 
>>ballonette bulb for a led ($43) from http://doctorled.com/.
>> 
>>Works great!
>> 
>>
>> 
>>2008/8/21, Charles <charles at finn.ws <mailto:charles at finn.ws>>:
>>
>>    William Knowles wrote:
>>    > Since my mast is now out of the boat I would  like to upgrade
>>    the lighting and wiring. Has anyone put LED anchor and  steaming
>>    combo on there boats? If so how much and where can I get some. The
>>    LED company in FIji  looks interesting, any experience with them?
>>    As usually I will wait for your many replies.
>>    > Thanks Bill Flying Goose #324
>>    >
>>    >
>>    >
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>>    I installed the OGM tri-color / anchor light last spring and it works
>>    great.  Very easy to install and it is USCG approved.  I got it from
>>    Sailboat Stuff (
>>    http://www.sailboatstuff.com/lt_LED_tri_anchor_light.html ) for $319.
>>    One issue to know about at least on my boat is the fact there are two
>>    lights in the original anchor light with two power wires, one
>>    return and
>>    a ground.   I used one of the power wired for the tri-color and the
>>    other for the anchor, which saved me having to run additional wires!
>>    After reading Tom's article regarding voltage in the last magazine, I
>>    wondered if the line drop would/should have given me voltage problems
>>    (LEDs are touchy about voltage).    It did not, but if I was doing
>>    this
>>    again I would read the voltage off the wiring to ensure you are
>>    getting
>>    proper voltage.
>>    It sure is nice to not have to worry about leaving the anchor
>>    light on!
>>
>>    Charles Finn
>>    Mighty Quinn #114
>>    Great Lakes
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