Mystery solved......another lister bought the same fixture and explained
how it connects.....the one white wire is the 'ground'........the
fixture comes apart and the positive and negative wire(s) are led in
through the back of the fixture and connects inside to the 'steaming
light' and the 'foredeck light' which is controlled by a switch which is
controlled by the boat's electrical panel switches so you can one light
on or both at the same time.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2016-09-12 10:11 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote:
Rob — unless there have been changes in regs that I’m not aware of, a
steaming light (also referred to as a masthead light) /IS/ still
required, when motoring at night, along with the bow (or sidelights)
and stern light. Maybe Canadian regs are different.
On your existing fixture, the black is probably a common ground for
the deck and steaming light; the red and green will be separate
positive leads for each of the two lights.
The replacement light from the Binnacle may only show one white wire;
but my guess is that it contains three conductors, the same as the
existing fixture.
— Fred
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI
On Sep 12, 2016, at 7:49 AM, robert via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
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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