Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-17 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
well I thought that but the steaming light is a regular traditional type...I think it is WAY to dim as it barely has a glow... -- Original Message -- From: Jim Watts To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:43:25

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-17 Thread Jim Watts
My Davis light came with two bulbs, one bright and one dim. Any chance you have one of each installed in those lights? On 16 August 2012 10:44, djhaug...@juno.com wrote: > Okay so, Lolita is being VERY high maintenance! > > I installed new lights up the mast. I put a mega light at the top,

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
to get launched -- Original Message -- From: Eric Frank To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:25:31 -0400 Danny, How did you do this test? "old wires" from a battery to the light, so not using th

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast

2012-08-16 Thread Eric Frank
Danny, How did you do this test? "old wires" from a battery to the light, so not using the wires in the mast? If so, then since the light is also dim now, my guess would be that the old wires were fine and the problem is in the light itself. Maybe in the socket or in the connections of the wi

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Russ & Melody
fonctoids. Time to make the 4 hour drive to the boat for the weekend!!! Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA From: Martin DeYoung To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... You know something though.

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Russ & Melody
fonctoids. Time to make the 4 hour drive to the boat for the weekend!!! Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA From: Martin DeYoung To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... You know something th

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Rich Knowles
cnc-list.com" Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... You know something though...I tied a knot in the wire so it wouldn't pull into the mast...that shouldn't do anything though, should it? A loose knot would not add signif

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Martin DeYoung
: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:54 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Oh, no. A knot? That will result in a hydrocoidal spin in the neutralos. That, in turn, will cause an icolastic backflow of the angrafads which may invert the dissacromal fonctoids

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Dennis C.
e, LA > > From: Martin DeYoung >To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" >Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:23 PM >Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... > > > >You know something though...I tied a knot in the wire

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
lf Of djhaug...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:22 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... you know, I did test before hand. The mast head light worked as it should but the steaming deck light was dim as it is nowI thought, "

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Martin DeYoung
t 16, 2012 1:22 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... you know, I did test before hand. The mast head light worked as it should but the steaming deck light was dim as it is nowI thought, "well it is lighting and it must be this old wi

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
run a heavier ground to that block from the bonding wire? However, I don't think that is the issue... -- Original Message -- From: Joel Aronson To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:30:38 -0400 Don&

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Joel Aronson
something though...I tied a knot in the wire so it wouldn't pull > into the mast...that shouldn't do anything though, should it? > > I got the idea from the old wire I replaced... > > > > > -- Original Message ------ > From: Stevan Plavsa > To

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
n Plavsa To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:36:09 -0400 Do you know what the draw is? There is a neato chart here:http://www.postaudio.net/webserver/marinewiring.htmlRemember, 20 feet of double cable is a 40 foot circuit

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Stevan Plavsa
hooked upagaineven if that were so, it shouln't really matter, >> right. All the negs go to the same place essentially... >> >> >> -- Original Message -- >> From: "Marek Dziedzic" >> To: >> Subject: Re: Stus-List

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Joel Aronson
ek Dziedzic" > To: > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:17:46 -0400 > > Is it possible (considering that two lights are dim) that you connected > them in series? I know that it sounds too simple, but it is a consideration. >

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Stevan Plavsa
gaineven if that were so, it shouln't really matter, > right. All the negs go to the same place essentially... > > > -- Original Message ------ > From: "Marek Dziedzic" > To: > Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... > Date:

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
e pos from one and the neg from the other hooked upagaineven if that were so, it shouln't really matter, right. All the negs go to the same place essentially... -- Original Message -- From: "Marek Dziedzic" To: Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Marek Dziedzic
Is it possible (considering that two lights are dim) that you connected them in series? I know that it sounds too simple, but it is a consideration. Marek C&C 24 Fennel___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-Lis

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Martin DeYoung
_ From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of djhaug...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:45 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Okay so, Lolita is being VERY high maintenance! I installed

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
Electrical issues up the mast... Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:18:14 +

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
it isn't a spreader light. It is a megalight for a deck light and a traditional steaming light, and the run is just half way up, like 20' -- Original Message -- From: Stevan Plavsa To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Dat

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Nate Flesness
list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:02 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Yeah, I had crappy lamp cord going up my mast to the steaming/deck light, I replaced

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Stevan Plavsa
Yeah, I had crappy lamp cord going up my mast to the steaming/deck light, I replaced that too. I was surprised to see it in there to be honest, I thought C&C was better than that. I guess they did cut some corners. Steve C&C 32 On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: > Going up the

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Stevan Plavsa
Going up the mast? I put new 14/2 wiring up my mast while it was horizontal on saw horses this spring before stepping. And THAT was a pain in the ass! I would hate to do that job from a bosun's chair 40 feet above the deck, no thanks. If you have conduit in your mast it makes things a lot easier, i

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
exits at the cabin top inside the cabin -- Original Message -- From: Joel Aronson To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:51:46 -0400 Women! �What did you expect? Use the handheld and sail during daylight

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Nate Flesness
oun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of djhaug...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:45 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast... Okay so, Lolita is being VERY high maintenance! I installed new lights up the mast. I

Re: Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread Joel Aronson
Women! What did you expect? Use the handheld and sail during daylight. Does the wire exit at the base of the mast or cabin top? Crushed at exit point? Wish I had more constructive ideas. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:44 PM, djhaug...@juno.com wrote: > Okay so, Lolita is being VERY high maintenance

Stus-List Electrical issues up the mast...

2012-08-16 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
Okay so, Lolita is being VERY high maintenance! I installed new lights up the mast. I put a mega light at the top, I used another megalight as a deck light and installed a new steaming light. I don't know what happened but, I think something in the mast let go. There is some downward pressure