[C320-list] Festoon Lighting

[Christian]

Warren,
I would assume I have the same fixtures as you, I am skeptical if the 9 LED
model will fit, but the measurements on LunaSea's pdf show that is should.
Trying to get confirmation on returns if they don't fit before I order, if
they do, I'll report back.  And you are correct, I meant dielectric.
Thanks for calling me out on that.

Christian Caperton
1994 C320 "Canuck" #138
Monroe Harbor, Chicago, IL

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> We replaced our cabin festoon bulbs with LEDs from marinebeam.com 7 years
> ago. They were all 42mm. We put cool white (90 lumens) in the 2 aft corners
> for reading positions, and warm white (72 lumens) in the rest. We replaced
> the fixtures in the aft cabin with new LED fixtures. We have been very
> happy with this. Together with the LED anchor light current consumption is
> drastically reduced. 7 years is a long time and I'm sure there is lots more
> competition today, and even technology improvements like higher lumen
> output. I was sold at the time after reading MarineBeam's Technical page
> and especially the piece on constant-current issue at
> store.marinebeam.com/constant-current-1. MarineBeam is a supplier of LED
> bulbs to Sailorssolutions.com (note all 4 S's in the URL)
>
> Christian, if you have the same cabin fixtures we do (you probably do,) I
> don't think the 9-LED will fit them. The lumens on our bulbs were less than
> those from lunasealighting; but, we are satisfied with the amount of light.
> I don't think you'll be unhappy with the 107 lumen cool white LEDs.
>
> As for using silicone grease, I'm thinking that is dielectric not
> conductive. I use a conductive grease for such connections. Either way
> works.
>
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian [mailto:ccaper at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 1:35 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Festoon Lighting
>
> David,
> I am looking to place an order this week for some LED lights of this type
> made from a company called LunaSea lighting.
>
> My current festoon bulbs measure 43mm.  The LunaSea LED bulbs are 42mm, I
> think they should fit.
>
> I am looking at these:
> http://www.lunasealighting.com/products/detail/pointed-
> festoon-9-led-light-bulb-42mm/led-replacement-bulbs
>
> Link contains a spec sheet pdf, and by their measurements and mine, they
> should fit.  The warm white rates at 145 lumens.  I am looking at putting
> warm white in the port sides cabin lights, and the red in the two center
> cabin lights.
>
> Should this model be too wide, I'll be looking at this model, but it drops
> the lumens of the warm white down to 97 lumens.
> http://www.lunasealighting.com/products/detail/pointed-
> festoon-6-led-light-bulb-42mm/led-replacement-bulbs
>
> Both are marine rated, and claim to not introduce any RF interference.
> Looking at some of my current incandescent, the bulb contacts are pretty
> corroded, so I'll be putting some silicon grease on the new LEDs.
>
> I'll most likely be ordering the LunaSea lights from
> https://www.fisheriessupply.com/, just trying figure out my order.  Can
> report back after I try them.
>
> if anyone else has other suggestions of this bulb type before I place my
> order, I'm all ears too.
>
> Christian Caperton
> 1994 C320 "Canuck" #138
> Monroe Harbor, Chicago, IL
>
>