[C320-list] Berth light

[ptormey 4square.net]

Note: If you replace any lights with LED remember that they are polarized.


Pat
Pat Tormey
s/v Blues Skies
Newport RI

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Mike Mellon via C320-list
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 11:01 PM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Cc: Mike Mellon <mmellon at cruzio.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Berth light

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
>>>
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>>> ________________________________
>>> 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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