[C320-list] Interior light fixtures-removal?

[Scott Thompson]

That's right.

Mine are Phillips 12V, 20W, 36 degree flood lights.  They have "BAB" and 
"8H" designations on them.  Looking at comparable lamps on various web 
sites I think this is an MR16 style bulb with a G5.3 base, which I think 
means 5.3mm spacing between the pins.  See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR16

for a description of this bulb standard.  The BAB designation actually 
specifies 40 degree illumination angle.

Now to locate suitable LED replacements for less than an arm and a leg. 
  I've seen them in the $30-$60 range so far.


Jon Vez wrote:
> Thanks Scott. My boat is set up the same way. So you levered the lens
> portion out which brought the reflector and bulb out with it?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
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> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Thompson
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>>
>> 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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