[C320-list] 12v lighting

[Chris Descher]

Thanks.  I should be able to test that by being sure all the fixtures on
that side are off or by removing the lamps from them.  Everything is tight
on the ground terminal strip, so it would have to be a break somewhere
between the starboard fixture in the v-berth and the ground strip.

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]On Behalf Of John Frost
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Spot on Chris. If you lose the return ground leg Chris, then the 12 volts
applied to the lights (if one is switched on) energizes the return leg
without lighting up the light because current can't flow. Trace the ground
wire back to "home base" and clean off or reattach where ever it is loose.

Happy Sailing!
John
2007 C320 MKII, Hull # 1118
Lake Guntersville, AL

'Twenty years from now, you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't
do than by the things you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the
safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream."  -Mark
Twain

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris Burti
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There is a break between where you are getting a hot reading and ground.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Chris Descher <cdescher at cedtulsa.com> wrote:

> This weekend, I found that all the interior 12v lighting on the starboard
> side does not work.  Lights on the port side are fine.  After taking a lot
> of things apart and testing, what I know is that the ground wire is no
> longer ground, it's hot, just like the hot wire.  It is switched by the
> cabin lights breaker.  I am thinking that it somehow lost its connection
to
> the ground terminal and this was replaced by a connection to the positive,
> because, if it had both, something should short or burn or trip.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Chris Descher
> #500
>
>


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