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> On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:24 PM, "Bill Bina via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > There is no such animal as a "USCG approved navigation light. The USCG does > not have a department that tests products. When a nav light (or a PFD) is > certified, it is certified by the manufacturer to meet or exceed the USCG > requirements. When a manufacturer certifies a nav light, it certifies the > whole fixture including the lightbulb within. You cannot legally even replace > the original bulb with one from another source, even if it has the same specs > and part number. It HAS to come from the company that made the fixture, or > the whole thing becomes not certified. Just the same, in the highly unlikely > event that your nav light becomes central to a case being heard in admiralty > court, you and your lawyer can always provide evidence that your light meets > the coast guard requirements, even though YOU are the one certifying it. > Kerosene lanterns that are over 100 years old can be perfectly legal as nav > lights, even though they pre-date the colregs. They just have to meet or > exceed the USCG requirements for color, visibility, etc. > > Bill Bina > > > >> On 10/30/2014 9:53 AM, Nauset Beach via CnC-List wrote: >> And then there was the discussion of whether putting LED bulbs in old >> fixtures would be compliant with USCG regs. Many said no as the whole unit, >> both bulb and fixture, has to be certified. And that was why for a long >> period there were so few USCG approved LED running lights; the approval >> process was long and involved and many companies did not want to expend the >> $ or effort… >> >> So, if an incident were to occur and it was discovered that the whole >> fixture was not in compliance [and lights were relevant to the >> incident] might liability fall differently and insurance companies not be >> forthcoming with any coverage? >> >> Any current thoughts? >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill >> Coleman via CnC-List >> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:24 AM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Stus-List Running Lights >> >> Now this really confuses me, when I first went LED on my forward running >> lights, I replaced them with red and green, and then someone, I think at the >> boat show, or maybe in one of the boat magazines, said you had to have white >> coming through a colored lens, so I changed back to white. >> Now my port running light is broken, and I am in the market, and now I am >> really confused! >> >> Regards, >> >> Bill Coleman >> C&C 39 >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick >> Brass via CnC-List >> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:49 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List EasyBlock Mainsheet Traveler >> >> Four or five years ago, I replaced the bulbs in my existing running lights >> and stern lights with LED bulbs. IIRC I got them from Dr. LED and the red >> and green bulbs were about $10 or $11 each, and the bulb for the stern light >> (I think it is called a festoon bulb, a cylinder that has pointy contacts on >> each end) was about $5 or $6. >> >> The bulbs in my running lights are a type 90 bulb, which is sort of hard to >> come by anyway. The supplier explained I needed a green bulb behind the >> green lens and a red bulb behind the red lens to get maximum light >> transmission and meet the USCG 2 mile visibility standard. Much of the light >> generated by a white light is apparently absorbed when it goes through the >> green lens. >> >> I asked about a 5 mile bulb, but was told that there was no point on a light >> so close to the surface. As part of the mast rebuild, I installed a 5 mile >> tricolor light at the top of the mast for use when offshore. >> >> I recently noticed that the teardrop (I kind of think of them as cat’s eye) >> running lights on my bow are beginning to corrode and look shoddy after 38 >> years of service. I, too, wonder if there is a direct replacement for the >> old light fixtures available somewhere. >> >> >> Rick Brass >> Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 >> la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 >> Washington, NC >> >> >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of >> wwadjo...@aol.com via CnC-List >> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:44 PM >> To: Rick Brass via CnC-List >> Subject: Re: Stus-List EasyBlock Mainsheet Traveler >> >> Does anyone have source for replacement lens for our teardrop running >> lights, circa 1981? Orin alternative, experience with replacements(led) I >> see on internet? >> Bill Walker >> Evening Star >> CnC 36 >> >> >> Sent from my HTC >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >> page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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