[Rhodes22-list] Navigation Lights Problem

[Stephen Staum]

Roger,

The missing wire is on the right side of the block where most of the wires
are black. I will check with a meter which is the hot side.

Stay tuned & thanks for your help.

Stephen

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:58 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephan,
>
> Usually, when several things on the same circuit don’t work, the cause is
> either a bad +12 VDC feed to the breaker, bad breaker, or bad ground.  I
> suspect the “loose/missing wire” you mentioned was the +12 VDC feed to that
> circuit breaker.  Try hot wiring a known +12 VDC to the input side of the
> breaker.  If the nav lights come on; then, your missing wire is the
> problem.  If the nav lights don’t come on; then, you may have a bad
> breaker.  Try hot wiring +12 VDC to the output side of the breaker.  If the
> nav lights come on; then, you have a bad breaker.  If the nav lights still
> don’t come on; then, you probably have a bad ground.  Find the ground bus
> bar and see if any of the connections are bad and check continuity to the
> -12 VDC side of the battery.  One of these will almost certainly solve your
> problem.  If I were a betting man, I’d bet on a missing 12 VDC feed to the
> breaker.  Good Luck!
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
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> From: Stephen Staum<mailto:snstaum at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2021 9:31 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Navigation Lights Problem
>
> Dear All,
>
> I wonder if anyone has a suggestion on how to deal with my inoperable
> navigation lights.  This is my newly acquitted 1990 Rhodes 22 (refurbed in
> 2016).  It has the electric panel above the galley counter and it is a
> larger panel than my previous Rhodes.  The previous owner said the nav
> lights stopped working last season after he had the panel opened up.  He
> thought a wire had broken or come loose.  Sure enough, there is a broken
> wire connector on the 3rd position breaker which is marked nav lights.
> After pulling the panel out twice, including removing the side panel
> yesterday for a better view, I cannot find the broken piece of wire to
> reattach!  I cannot imagine where that wire is or has gone.  There are
> still 2 black wires connected to that breaker but none of the 3 nav lights
> work.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> *Thanks and Stay Well,*
>
> *Stephen Staum*
> *s/v Pinafore*
> *s/v Carol Lee 2 (for sale)*
>
> *Needham, MA*
>
> --
Thanks and Stay Well,
Stephen Staum
Pariser Industries, Inc.