The brass ABI nav light I bought i >think< is 20w on white light, 10 on red.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory [mailto:gkyu@home.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 7:07 PM
> To: Eric Johnson; wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: ERe: Cool deal on lighting
>
>
> Eric and Web Gang:
> Check out page 508 of the current West Marine catalog. They have
> a 12V plastic
> economy dome light listed at only $7.99. It features 2 white
> bulbs and 1 red
> night vision bulb. I have 1 of these lights on my HMS-18 for
> over 2 years and
> find it adequate for lighting my cabin. I believe it draws less
> than 1 amp.
> Greg Yu
> HMS-18 #63
> N. Calif.
>
> Eric Johnson wrote:
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> > West Wight Potter Website at URL
> > http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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.
>
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