Jeff Sheler s/v Windsome C27TR #6594 Hampton, VA
On the second of two nights moored off of Yorktown during the
weekend, I awoke about an hour before dawn to find that my "Service
On" light -- which normally serves as my cabin night light -- was
off. My first panicky thought was that I had drained my batteries
after two nights of anchor light and cabin light use (highly
improbable, since I have two batteries, but worse things have
happened). I had the selector switch pointing to my number two
battery. I switched it over to number one. Still no light. Same when
I selected "both". I checked the cabin lights. They worked. My anchor
light was working. I wasn't reassured by this since my guess is these
lights don't take much current. Would I be able to crank the engine?
That was my main worry. Not wanting to disturb my wife who was
sleeping like a baby, I waited sleepless until sun-up to go to the
cockpit to try turning over the engine. It started with no problem.
So, my first guess is that I have a burned out service light. What
else might I be looking at? I assume that the bulb is original
equipment (1989), so it's had a good long life. Are these easily replaced?
- catalina27-talk: Sleepless in Yorktown jsheler
