[C320-list] Berth light

[Cheryl Dahl]

Hi everyone,
Timely topic for me as well.
I have 97 #412 and my starboard V berth light works intermittently.
My panel switch marked cabin lights feeds power to the two V berth lights
and the two aft cabin lights.
The other night the admiral and I spent the night aboard. I turned on both
rocker switches on the forward dome lights and only the port side came on .
When we turned in for the night I flipped the rocker switch on the port
side and didn’t think about the starboard one. I woke up in the middle of
the night and the damn starboard light was on !
I’m going to pull the fixture next time I’m there and check the wiring .
Steve Dahl
#412 Sans Souci

On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 8:07 PM Mike Mellon via C320-list <
c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:

> On our 1996 C320, note there are separate on-off switches on the base of
> each light fixture above the V-berths; don't know if this carried
> through to 1994
>
> Mike Mellon #324
>
> On 7/10/2023 2:33 PM, David Tolmie via C320-list wrote:
> > FWIW, in Klahanie, hull #963—also a 2004, the v-berth lights are on the
> *cabin
> > lights* switch panel the same as every other light. I'm not aware of any
> > other breaker. As others have said, it's probably necessary to take a
> > multimeter—or even the leads from a known good bulb—to the wires feeding
> > the lamps to see whether 12v is getting to the fixture or not.
> >
> > -David Tolmie
> > Klahanie #963
> > Port Townsend, WA
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 12:44 PM Tom Talling via C320-list <
> > c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I can’t get either or my V berth lights to work. I replaced the bulbs
> and
> >> they still don’t work. Is there a separate breaker just for them?  Any
> >> other thoughts.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Tom Talling
> >> One Shot. 978. 2004.
> >> 215-262-1427
> >> Ttalling at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Please excuse my brevity.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Jul 9, 2023, at 5:22 PM, Joe Grande via C320-list <
> >> c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> >>> As the 79 year old Commodore of this association, I would like to
> thank
> >> you for the wise and empathetic counsel that you so readily share! Jack
> >> Brenden, I may find myself in the Tampa area this winter. I will have to
> >> look you up. Summer is well underway in the PNW. I am planning on a
> month
> >> long cruise into Canadian waters, possibly alone a good part of the
> time.
> >>> Thanks again!
> >>> Joe Grande
> >>> Whisper #772
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
> >>> Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: C320-list<c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com>  on behalf of
> >> Brian McLamb via C320-list<c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2023 1:53:19 PM
> >>> To:C320-List at catalina320.com  <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> >>> Cc: Brian McLamb<bjcnmclamb at gmail.com>;c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> >> <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Do I keep my boat or not
> >>>
> >>> I am 76 and lost my wife this past April. Serenity has always been a
> >>> special place/experience for me and now has taken on a therapeutic
> role.
> >>> Still single hand local and cruise with a buddy boat. It would be
> >> difficult
> >>> for me to give up sailing or the dockside commaraderie until I could no
> >>> longer physically be safe on her.  Brian S/V Serenity #1075
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 1:42 PM Marko Jamnik via C320-list <
> >>>> c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I am reaching out to a body of sailors that always seem to have given
> >>>> everyone on this forum including to myself some of the best advice.
> This
> >>>> not a technical request. This one may be close to many who are
> reaching
> >> the
> >>>> pivoting point in their lives, when they starting asking themselves,
> >> why do
> >>>> I keep my boat . I've been widowed for the last 10 years and always
> >> thought
> >>>> that my enthusiasm in sailing would continue into my seventies. Well a
> >>>> number of setbacks have put pressure on all of us. Trying to pickup
> the
> >>>> momentum we all had at one time didn’t work for some, especially after
> >>>> Covid. Currently my Catalina 304 has become more of a cottage on the
> >> water,
> >>>> sad to say.  I look forward to any kind of feedback regarding my
> dilemma
> >>>> and I thank you in advance.
> >>>>
> >>>> Marko Jamnik
> >>>> Marquesas
> >>>> Lake Ontario
> >>> --
> >>> Brian McLamb
>
> --
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