[C320-list] Cabin Light Smoking

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I actually melted an overhead fixture after I replaced a burned out bulb with one that was too big (watt wise).  I replaced the fixture with an LED which works great.


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 5:10 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin Light Smoking


Dennis,
Where was the line burning?  There is always a chance that the short is on the 
pc board for the new LED.  What is not right is the circuit breakers are sized 
to protect the wires.  There should be no way to burn up a wire without tripping 
the breaker.  Glad you were on board to catch it.
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point CA

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400

Cary Dennis Lowe <cdlowe1769 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Last weekend my wife and I were on a cruise out with our yacht club.  We were 
using shore power when we smelled a strong odor of burning wiring.  Looking 
around we noticed that the forward cabin light was smoking.  As soon as we 
turned the light off the smell stopped.  I had recently replace one of my lights 
with an LED light.  Is there anyway that the new LED light would cause a line 
resistance that would cause a short further down the line?
>
>Thanks
>Dennis
>Grace Kellie #917
>
>Sent from my iPad