[C320-list] Bulb types for mast lights
Doug Treff
doug at treff.us
Sat May 25 15:29:20 PDT 2013
I thought I would post a follow-up to the list for this question now
that the job was done. It required 2 trips up the mast since I didn't
know what type of bulbs I needed. Fortunately, the yard owner offered to
put me up there with his bucket lift. In the end, considering the amount
of work we had to do, I'm glad I went that route. Add 30+ knot winds to
the mix, and a bosun's chair would have NOT been a fun ride.
I had 12V at all of the light fittings. In the masthead fixture, the
steaming light and deck light bulbs were MISSING. Obviously someone else
started the job and never made a 2nd trip up the mast to finish. The
anchor light was burned out and the fixture was sun damaged and
crumbling plastic. I needed to completely replace that fixture with a
new one. Being up there on the lift with all the right tools was a
god-send. I would never have attempted to replace that fixture from the
bosun's chair.
To those of you talking about an access port on the side of the mast, no
such thing exists on my 1996 hull #350. Fortunately, all the wiring was
good in the mast and I had no need to worry about the connections.
So in a nutshell, all is now working and I am happy...
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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us
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