[Rhodes22-list] Mast light wiring

[Rob Granger]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Cover-Man <cover-man at comcast.net> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> So curious what brand/model you chose for the nav lights.  I want to go
> 100% LED also.
>
> Art Czerwonky
> s/v Mary Jane
>
>
Hmmm  lets see....  The anchor light is a clasic Perko all around and I just
swapped the bulb for an LED I found on an on-line Chandlery. And the stern
light is also a Perko housing with an LED bulb.   I forget  what the brand
of the bow light is.  I also found that on-line but I have since noticed
that Walmart carries the same LED bow light.  It might not work so well on a
Rhodes since the Rhodes uses a hanging bow light on theirs BUT I do believe
the style typically found on a Rhodes would work well for just changing the
bulb to an LED bulb.  There is pleanty of room in the housing.  You can buy
them on-line (that is what I did) but I have since noticed them at AutoZone
and Advanced Auto (the LED bulbs that is).  I'd start with swaping out the
bulbs in your bow light (cheap and easy) and then do a serch for low profile
LED bulbs to put in your stern light.  I made one mistake when I didn't
realize that a lot of LED light bulbs intended to fit into a standard socket
are taller than the original bulb.  The housing won't fit back on then...
so make sure you take the height of the housing (from base to crown) into
consideration.

Fair winds and low current draw  :-)

r