Check out http://store.marinebeam.com . I've used them multiple times. Lots of options.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Oct 30, 2014 9:24 AM, "Bill Coleman via CnC-List" <[email protected]> wrote: > Now this really confuses me, when I first went LED on my forward running > lights, I replaced them with red and green, and then someone, I think at > the boat show, or maybe in one of the boat magazines, said you had to have > white coming through a colored lens, so I changed back to white. > > Now my port running light is broken, and I am in the market, and now I am > really confused! > > > > Regards, > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rick > Brass via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:49 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List EasyBlock Mainsheet Traveler > > > > Four or five years ago, I replaced the bulbs in my existing running lights > and stern lights with LED bulbs. IIRC I got them from Dr. LED and the red > and green bulbs were about $10 or $11 each, and the bulb for the stern > light (I think it is called a festoon bulb, a cylinder that has pointy > contacts on each end) was about $5 or $6. > > > > The bulbs in my running lights are a type 90 bulb, which is sort of hard > to come by anyway. The supplier explained I needed a green bulb behind the > green lens and a red bulb behind the red lens to get maximum light > transmission and meet the USCG 2 mile visibility standard. Much of the > light generated by a white light is apparently absorbed when it goes > through the green lens. > > > > I asked about a 5 mile bulb, but was told that there was no point on a > light so close to the surface. As part of the mast rebuild, I installed a 5 > mile tricolor light at the top of the mast for use when offshore. > > > > I recently noticed that the teardrop (I kind of think of them as cat's > eye) running lights on my bow are beginning to corrode and look shoddy > after 38 years of service. I, too, wonder if there is a direct replacement > for the old light fixtures available somewhere. > > > > > > Rick Brass > > *Imzadi *C&C 38 mk 2 > > *la Belle Aurore *C&C 25 mk1 > > Washington, NC > > > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * > [email protected] via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:44 PM > *To:* Rick Brass via CnC-List > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List EasyBlock Mainsheet Traveler > > > > Does anyone have source for replacement lens for our teardrop running > lights, circa 1981? Orin alternative, experience with replacements(led) I > see on internet? > > Bill Walker > > Evening Star > > CnC 36 > > > > > > Sent from my HTC > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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