[Rhodes22-list] bow/stern light problem

[David Walker]

My stern light stopped working one spring and I traced the wires and found
to my chagrin that they exit the stern through the fibreglass and enter the
vertical fitting that holds the starboard vertical of the stern rails.  The
wire goes through a hole in the fitting and a mating hole in the tube, then
proceeds up the inside of the tube to the "tee" with the horizaontal rail
and from there to the stern light.

I found that the previous fall when I replaced the setscrews holding the
vertical piece in the fitting, I had pulled it too far up by accident and
that action  had very neatly guillotined the wire - so be carefull
disassembling the stern rail assembly as replacing the wire was a royal
PITA.

Dave Walker


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bgreenwald at optonline.net>
To: "Bryan Childs" <bchilds1 at peoplepc.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] bow/stern light problem


> With the help of my dockmaster, the problem has been
> traced to the box, where we found both some loose and
> corroded wires.  replaced the terminal connections and,
> voila, lights.  Everything is ready to go now, as soon as I
> have the right combination of tide and weather.
>
> Bruce Greenwald
> S/V Ruach II
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bryan Childs <bchilds1 at peoplepc.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:57 pm
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] bow/stern light problem
>
> > First check for power at the switch panel.  If like mine
> (1984)
> > there should be a fuse built into the switch.  I also have a
> light
> > built into the switch that indicates it is on. The most likely
> > cause is corrosion of the switch or connection to switch.
> After
> > going to Florida and I assume the salt air, I found all
> kinds of
> > crud on all of terminals at the switch panel.
> >
> > Electrical system are not difficult to diagnose if you have
> a volt
> > meter.  Start at the battery and work you way to the
> load.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> > Sent: May 30, 2004 10:43 AM
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] bow/stern light problem
> >
> > Bruce,
> > Which electrical panel do you have? My guess is that
> the wire is
> > corroded  at
> > the panel.
> > Rummy
> >
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