[C320-list] Electrical Panel Switches

[Mark Cole]

I have replaced a switch on my 1994 C320, #8 and it went just fine.  I used Blue Seas rocker switch B/S 7480 and it fit the electrical panel perfectly.  It looks a little different than the originals, but now so much that it bothers me.  I got mine form Fisheries Supply (fisseriessupply.com <http://fisseriessupply.com/>) and their sku is 201339.  The webpage for that sku shows 7 different switch functions, all in the same footprint.  I went with the standard on-off, but there is an on-off-on option that would handle your light combo in one space on the panel.

The switch was easy to install and it gives you a chance to replace some of the old wiring with new.  One suggestion is to take a photo of the wiring at the back of the panel before you remove anything so you can make sure everything goes back in the same way.  That first install went so well, I ordered 10 more to have on hand when the next old one fails.

Mark Cole
Fiddler’s Green, #8

> On Aug 29, 2022, at 8:26 AM, mseyler at cox.net wrote:
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> Has anyone replaced any of the switches in the electrical panel on a 1990s
> model 320, and if so, are there any tricks or problems I should be aware of?
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> I am thinking about adding a masthead tri-color/anchor light to my 1995
> model 320.  Because I would still need to use the deck level navigation
> lights when running under power, I would need some way to switch from one
> set of nav lights to the other.  I could either keep the existing on/off
> switch in the electrical panel, and add a two-position switch somewhere else
> on the panel to select where the power goes, or replace the existing switch
> with a three-position switch that would select which set of lights when you
> turn it on or off.  But I'm not sure how tricky it would be to remove and
> replace a switch in the middle of the row of switches in the panel.  
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> Is there anything I should know when deciding which approach to take?  Any
> insight would be greatly appreciated.
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> Mark Seyler
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> S/V Reality,
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> Catalina 320, #232
> 
> New Orleans, LA
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