[Rhodes22-list] Masthead Light

[marlangreen at gmail.com]

Hank, yes, I totally understand and agree. Unfortunately, as the weather
improved last spring I never actually got around to connecting the wires to
the 12 volt electrical system. (I will do so this spring).

Interestingly enough, I discovered that a 9 volt battery will power the LED
anchor light all night and the one time I anchored out that is how I ran
the anchor light! There was even power left in the battery the next day. I
love LED lights.

M


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marlan,
>
> As you mentioned in your post, you are correct that anything on a DC
> circuit can "share" the ground wire so your four wire connector could
> control three lights with one ground wire.  Common installations have
> grounding bus bars in strategic locations throughout a boat with all
> of the devices in that area grounding to the bus bar and then a single
> wire back to the main bus bar and on to the battery.  Here is an
> example of a busbar from WM.
>
>
> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=1229624&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50523&subdeptNum=50549&classNum=50556
>
> Regards,
>
> Hank
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Marlan Green <marlangreen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I haven't had a chance to read the entire thread about the Masthead
> Light,
> > but here is the URL to my blog in which I have some pictures and
> description
> > of the re-wiring of my mast, replacement of the Steaming Light bulb with
> an
> > LED bulb and the installation of an all-around led anchor light that was
> > affordable.
> >
> > Hope it is helpful.
> >
> >
> http://nautisaurus.com/2013/05/01/led-lights-mast-wiring-and-spreader-bolts/
> >
> > Marlan
> > s/v Nautisaurus
> >
> > www.nautisaurus.com
> > Mayo, MD
> >
> >
> >
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