[C320-list] Interior light fixtures-removal?

[Scott Thompson]

On my boat the bulb is like a little floodlight and the reflector and lens
are part of the bulb.  So when I "levered" the bulb out it was really the
reflector and lens.  The bulb itself is encased inside.

This is for the main saloon bulbs.  The ones in the aft cabin are smaller
things with no reflector or lens.  The ones in the V-berth are ordinary
festoon style bulbs (i.e. like a fuse with pointy ends).

Scott

> Scott, do you have lens' on your fixtures? I also plan on replacing a few
> of
> our often used bulbs with LED, hence my interest...
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Vez
> Solstice #582
>
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> Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Interior light fixtures-removal?
>
> Jon:  On Hull 653 you really do just pull the bulb out.  I removed one
> of mine for the first time last week and was very nervous.  So I removed
> the two screws as you did, and also couldn't figure out any alternative
> way to remove the bulb.  So I reattached the fixture, took a deep
> breath, and then levered the bulb out by inserting a small flat bladed
> screwdriver under two opposite edges.  It popped out without problems.
>
> I'm interested in switching to LEDs for better battery life when we are
> on the hook, and so have followed the recent thread about this with
> interest.  If anyone else has advice on which LEDs work well, I am
> interested.
>
> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, 653
>
>
> Jon Vez wrote:
>> I took a look at the archives on this topic and saw some posts stating
>> you
>> just pull the lens, but when I tried to do that yesterday I couldn't get
> it
>> to come out. I also unscrewed the unit (mine have two small screws
>> holding
>> the fixture to the liner), but couldn't readily identify how to remove
>> the
>> bulb. Any suggestions would be appreciated..Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
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