Marek:
The light on the front of the mast about 1/2 way up just above the
spreaders is the one I am talking about......I was told it is no longer
a legal requirement but the 'anchor light' at the top of the mast is a
legal requirement......it can be seen 360 degrees but the light 1/2 way
up the front of the mast can not be seen 360 degrees.
I didn't think a single wire made sense also and did not buy the
fixture. I will buy the more expensive Aqua Signal.
Thanks all for your input.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2016-09-12 10:24 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List wrote:
Rob,
I am not sure to which part you refer as “no longer legally required”.
You don’t need the deck light, for sure, but you do need a steaming
light, unless you can show a 360 degrees white light in some other way
(e.g. turn off the stern light and turn on the anchor light at the top
of the mast).
A single wire out of the combination light does not make sense. You
need at least two, unless they try using the mast as the ground (then
I would not buy it). Most of the combo lights come with separate leads
for each function, i.e. negative/ground (usually common), positive -
steaming, positive - deck light. Some combo lights had a switch in the
unit that allow to run the power with a single positive wire (plus the
negative). If this is one like that, the switch turns e.g. steaming
light when you turn it on, but if you switch it off and on again, it
would turn the deck light, and again - both. You would have to decide
if that meets your needs.
If it really has a single wire, I am afraid, you will have to bite the
bullet and spend twice (3x?) as much on the Aqua Signal.
Marine Outfitters (Kingston) has very similar light (for very similar
price) with 3 wires:
http://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10002|10000|11312&product=38614998&code=900000021547
<http://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10002%7C10000%7C11312&product=38614998&code=900000021547>.
Marek
*From:* robert via CnC-List
*Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2016 08:50
*To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
*Cc:* robert
*Subject:* Stus-List Electrical Question
When up the mast the other day, I noticed that my 'Steaming, Bow,
Foredeck Light' was in pretty bad shape.....probably the original 32
years old. Will probably replace it when the mast is hauled later this
Fall although I understand this light is no longer legally
required.......but I do like the halogen foredeck light.
I found this one linked below at the Binnacle.......almost similar to
the existing one:
Lights-Steaming-Spreader-&-Deck-Lights/c23_156/p1349/AAA-MASTHEAD-/-DECK-LIGHT/product_info.html
It appears, without removing mine, that there are three (3) white wires
exiting the foot of the mast connecting to 'green, red and black'
......I assume the green is negative, red is positive and black in ground.
Here's the question......the new light fixture at the Binnacle only has
one white wire as a connection.......there is (are) no other places on
the back of the fixture to connect other wires. So if my old fixture
has 3 connections (assuming it does but I have not removed it to be
sure) and this new fixture only has one 'white wire', how do you
connect it?
As you can tell, I am no electrician.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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