[Rhodes22-list] Masthead lights (anchor & steaming)

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

Bebi electronics makes a line of LED's to replace the guts of your old
fixture.They also make some like the Davis light,you can haul up a
halyard.I've replaced the mast head light ,the steaming light and added
a fore deck light.I also made a portable snake light,and added another
cabin light. I'm now waiting on another order from Fiji (takes about a
week) to replace my stern light and add more cabin lights. I had to buy
the port and starboard lights,( mounted on the outside of the cabin) the
Hella NaviLED compact LED's replaced the originals real well. I'll try
to post a picture in another post,I tryed last night and lost everything.

Jerry Lowe



On 4/13/2008, "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:

>At 08:51 PM 4/12/2008 -0400, Bob Keller wrote:
>>underway.  Looked into LED masthead lights but they are obcenely
>>expensive - $300-500.  So I am going to go with a standard
>>incandescent light on the masthead that will run less than
>>$50.  Have enough battery power to light it for the occassional
>>overnighter anyway.
>
>I've been considering the masthead version of the Davis Mega
>light.  It's not LED, but they claim it draws only 0.1 amp and meets
>the CG visibility regs.  Comes with a photo sensor for auto on/off as well.
>
>I have also considered just using the "utility" version of the same
>product.  Comes on a 15' cord with a 12v plug.  I can plug that in
>and hoist it up with a halyard or maybe on a pennant from a spreader
>to get it away from the mast.
>
>Price seems to hover around $50 depending on where you like to shop -
>http://www.davisnet.com/Marine/products/lighting.asp
>
>Cheers!
>
>John Lock
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>Lake Sinclair, GA
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