Eric Johnson wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> A while back I had crewed on a friend's ocean voyager, and late at night i
> was impressed with his lighting - all his cabin lights had two bulbs, one
> normal bright white one, and one red one. The red bulbs help preserve your
> night vision when navigating at night. For some reason red bulbs don't
> affect your eyes the same way as other colors.
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> I looked in my catalogs upon my return from that trip and found that these
> dual-bulb lamps were pretty expensive in all the catalogs I had.
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> But a month or so ago I saw an ad in SAIL from JSI for some dual-bulb cabin
> lamps at the perfect potter price of $12.79 so i ordered one. It was on
> backorder.
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> Just got the package from Johnson Sails today. The lamp is similar in size
> to the existing lamp - it might evan screw to the same holes. Quality seems
> decent, considering the price. Made in China. I'm not near my boat right
> now, but i think this is going to work out nicely. I hooked it up briefly
> to my car battery just to see that everything works, and the white beam is
> BRIGHT - must be halogen. The red is much dimmer (and you want it to be).
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> I'll post more after I've had a chance to use the lamp at night installed on
> the boat. I'll probably install using marine crimp connectors. I can't
> imagine this install taking more than 10 minutes.