[Rhodes22-list] steaming light fun .... mystery partially solved ... curiouser & curiouser

[Mike Cheung]

Hank,

It's male and I can just use a 'gator clipped wire.  Honestly, I am so
damned slow some days .... lol

Mike


Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Is the mast end of the plug male or female?  If it is female, take a piece
> of wire and jump two sockets together.  You can then check for continuity
> at
> the bulb socket. If they're male, you'll need a helper to hold a jumper
> wire
> across the two pins.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Easier said than done unfortunately, well at least with the mast down and
>> pulled forward so I could reach the masthead.  I was thinking of at least
>> pulling the bulbs one at a time and checking for continuity (through one
>> bulb at a time) from the mast base plug.  I guess I could pull a 12 V
>> battery out of something and use it to supply power to the mast base
>> plug.
>> Or even a dinky 9 V I suppose; with the bulbs out there shouldn't be any
>> current draw.  There's the ticket .... will try that next.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Hank-5 wrote:
>> >
>> > Pull the bulb out and use your multimeter to check for power in the
>> light
>> > socket.
>> >
>> > Hank
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Lowered the mast, both bulbs in the masthead are fine.  They're wired
>> >> together at the bottom and there is power there.  I'm confused.  Gonna
>> >> pull
>> >> the masthead light assembly and see if something has come loose there.
>> >>  Mike
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mike Cheung wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Aha .... pulled the cable end of the connector apart at the base of
>> the
>> >> > mast and found that the two bulbs at the top of the mast share the
>> same
>> >> > connection.  They are wired separately, but are stuffed into the
>> same
>> >> pin
>> >> > on the connector.  So, Muireann cannot show the forward masthead
>> light
>> >> > separately from the aft masthead light.  May need to rewire that in
>> the
>> >> > future.  The upshot is that it pretty much has be to a problem at
>> the
>> >> > masthead for the forward light, either the bulb or a crappy
>> connection.
>> >> > Next step is to drop the mast and get to the masthead fixture for a
>> >> look
>> >> > see.
>> >> >
>> >> > Still planning on a Chesapeake run this Friday through next
>> Wednesday.
>> >> > The weather for the early part is not encouraging, but looks better
>> >> from
>> >> > Monday on.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sketchy plans still:
>> >> >
>> >> > Friday, launch in or near the Magothy, overnight nearby; probably on
>> >> the
>> >> > hook
>> >> > Saturday, Annapolis for the afternoon, dinner and overnight;
>> probably
>> >> on
>> >> a
>> >> > mooring if we can get one
>> >> > Sunday through Tuesday .... cruise the Chesapeake roughly between
>> Rock
>> >> > Hall (to the North) and the Choptank (to the South); we'd like to
>> hit
>> >> Rock
>> >> > Hall, St Michaels, and maybe Kent Narrows enroute between them, but
>> the
>> >> > wind and weather will have a lot of say in when we end up where.
>> >> > Wednesday, back to our launch point, haul out, and head back to
>> Ohio.
>> >> >
>> >> > Will firm things up a bit if I can after looking over the cruising
>> >> guides
>> >> > piled on my work table and maybe connect with some of you Chesapeake
>> >> > Rhodies (Mary Lou and the Crab Alley Rhodie esp.) if things work
>> out.
>> >> >
>> >> > For the Chesapeake Rhodies ... a question or two .... It sure looks
>> >> like
>> >> > in most places in the cruising range we're planning to use that we
>> >> should
>> >> > be able to cross the Chesapeake in about an hour or two.  Is that
>> >> pretty
>> >> > much your experience?  It also looks like St Michaels to Rock Hall
>> (or
>> >> > vice versa) should be easily done in a day of sailing.  Is that
>> >> > reasonable?
>> >> >
>> >> > We'll probably dry provision Muireann and plan to take dinners
>> ashore
>> >> most
>> >> > nights.  It's our first long cruise and I don't want it to be too
>> much
>> >> > like camping for my Admiral.  I'm thinking that of the five nights
>> we
>> >> > won't spend more than two on the hook, but since I'm not making
>> marina
>> >> > reservations, that could be an underestimate.
>> >> >
>> >> > Muireann is sporting her new sails so she'll be a red hulled R22
>> with
>> >> > black Sunbrella on the sails.  She's got her hull number (113) on
>> her
>> >> > genoa.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Cheung
>> >> > s/v Muireann
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Cheung wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm troubleshooting a recalcitrant steaming/anchor light and am
>> >> slightly
>> >> >> perplexed.  The forward masthead/anchor light, which is also the
>> >> steaming
>> >> >> or running light, has not been lighting so far this season.  I
>> finally
>> >> >> carried a multimeter up to Muireann and checked things out more
>> >> >> quantitatively.  As you know there are four pins on the mast wiring
>> >> >> harness for lights.  The one at 10 o'clock appears to be the
>> ground.
>> >>  The
>> >> >> next one clockwise at 2 o'clock or so appears to be the aft anchor
>> >> light
>> >> >> and is working when the anchor light switch is on.  One would
>> expect
>> >> that
>> >> >> another pin would also be energized then for the front anchor light
>> /
>> >> >> steaming light, but it is not.  Okay, maybe that's the problem
>> because
>> >> >> the front light is not lit when running light is selected either.
>> >> But,
>> >> a
>> >> >> check of continuity shows continuity only between the ground pin
>> and
>> >> the
>> >> >> aft anchor light pin.  This implies that both the foward anchor
>> light
>> >> /
>> >> >> steaming light bulb is out (hence not continuity) and that there is
>> a
>> >> >> problem getting power to whatever pin it is connected to on the
>> four
>> >> pin
>> >> >> harness.  Since the probability of this is the product of the
>> >> individual
>> >> >> failure probabilities, I'm suspicious.  Anything I"m missing here?
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
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