[Rhodes22-list] too much fun

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Sending this again because of failure messages I received.
Joe,
As Hank said, if the new fixture doesn't work, it needs rewired.  But
again, it should be as simple as swapping the 2 fixture wires.  The new
fixture should tell you which to have positive polarity.  You can test the
wires with a voltmeter to see which is + and which is -.  If you don't have
a voltmeter then you have a 50/50 shot the first time if the wires are the
same color.  If one is red that is probably the positive.

Patrick Riley
Lakewood, CO
s/v Cleone

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:53 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

>
>    The 1157 has what some mfgs call a 6S6 DC base. DC is double contact.
>    --
>    Sent from my Android phone with [1]mail.com Mail. Please excuse my
>    brevity.
>
>    On 04/01/2016, 11:25 PM The Rhodes 22 Email List
>    <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
>      OK folks:
>           I have become psychotic trying to identify replacement (LCD)
>      bulbs for my boat.  I have BAY15 1157 base LCD bulbs.  They look
>      identical to the bases on the incandescent bulbs I am replacing,
>      but the LCDs will not light.  The two contacts on the old bulbs are
>      round, and the LCD as an oval shape.  Wass da dealio dat? I can`t
>      locate any sizing information, and I don`t feel like just ordering,
>      returning and reordering to solve my problem.
>           Is there some secret?  Is there a Rhodie out there who is a
>      retired 12 V DC bulb savant? Well, I AM retired; I wanted these
>      years to be filled with still moments where the main sounds were
>      the rigging singing at me as I tack, the balanced sucking and then
>      blowing out of sweet smelling cigar smoke of a fine hand rolled
>      stick from Central America or the Dominican Republic and my (even
>      sweeter) wife sitting close by making silent promises with her eyes
>      (et al).
>          All I have is the soft taptaptap of the keyboard as I prepare
>      to make another costly mistake at a giant bulb Wonderama on the web
>      that claims to have "just the bulb (I) need. Odds are that the guys
>      at the Wonderama  are sitting around laughing as they enjoy the
>      same cigars I adore, while they sip some of Ole` Rum Runner`s
>      favorite swill. .  Back to my problem.
>           If you know the bulb size I need, please end my misery and
>      tell me.  I`ll bet Rummy knew.  (I miss ya, Rummy.  We all do.)
>      Joe Camp
>      s/v John Dawson
>      (soon in the) Bohemia River, MD
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