So you are right on the last part of you statement. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 9:59 PM, "Dan Mccorison via CnC-List" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > That saying you can be the manufacture. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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