[Rhodes22-list] Masthead Light

[Hank]

I just converted all of my recess lights in my house to LED lights.
Went from ~ 200 watts down to a little over 300.  With that and the
solar panels I'm putting on the roof, PEPCO, can kiss my a**.

Hank

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:31 PM, marlangreen at gmail.com
<marlangreen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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