[Rhodes22-list] Mast light wiring

[Rob Granger]

Not true if it is an LED light....

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Lights are one of those glorious inventions that don't care which way you
> hook up the wires.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 10/21/2011 1:41:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Hey  everybody (and the rest):
>
> After a disaster with the  mast lowering on my boat in July (of course, not
> my fault) {(That's what we  all would say)} I am vexed with the prospect of
> rewiring the connection for my  mast light.  Resetting the mast step was
> gravy.  But, in the attempt  to rewire the mast-head light, I cannot tell
> which lead is hot and which is  ground.  In the fitting, there is a long
> and a
> short lead.  Which  one is hot and which one ground?
>
> Once I have the  battery back in, I can do a process of elimination and
> figure it out easily  enough.  However, If someone could clue me in, it
> would
> make the task a  "one and done" event.  My boat is an '87. Any clues?
>  Muchas
> gracias  mis amigos y amigas.  Happy winterizing to all.  Thanks.
>
> Joe  Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> Hatboro,  PA
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Dr. Robert Granger
Department of Chemistry
Sweet Briar College
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