Appears my 'electrical question' veered off into another discussion on
'navigation lights'........my fault when I said I was told by a fellow
club member that my 'masthead/steaming light' was not a legal
requirement for my boat. I took the following quote from the West
Marine site supplied my Marek:
"Sailing vessels less than 20m in length need to show sidelights and a
stern light. These may be combined into a bicolor light and stern light,
or a single tricolor light at the top of the mast."
My boat is "less than 20m in length".
Whether the fixture is a legal requirement or not, I am going to replace
it with one similar because I want the 'foredeck light', but if it is
indeed a legal requirement, I want to comply as well.
So back to the beginning, the fixture I saw at the Binnacle looks very
much the same as the existing one......I like this as I would not have
to drill new holes to attach but if I have to, so be it.
The new fixture only has one wire to attach whereas mine appears to have
three (not exactly sure as I have not yet removed it from the mast
although there are three existing the base of the mast) and I have no
idea how to connect it.
There must be a logical way to connect it?
Rob
On 2016-09-12 2:02 PM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List wrote:
Rob,
As Frederick said, whoever told you that was mistaken.
This illustrates what you have to show:
http://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Navigation-Light-Rules (scroll
down to a picture at the bottom of the page). Keep in mind that HOW
you display the light is up to you (one light, combination of several
lights), as long as you display the RIGHT COLOURS and in the RIGHT
SEGMENTS.
Marek
*From:* robert via CnC-List
*Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2016 11:29
*To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
*Cc:* robert
*Subject:* Stus-List Electrical Question
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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