Cdory light sizes

dutch123 · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:05 pm Post subject: Cdory light sizes

Hello folk, just looking at led lights for my 22 cruiser but the boat is in storage right now so I'm not sure of the proper bulbs needed, can someone give me the bulb sizes needed for the nav and anchor lights please? Thanks a ton.

bridma · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:35 pm Post subject:

I got my anchor/running LED bulb at Marinebeam online. The shipping cost more than the bulb. I did not bother with Nav light bulbs as they are only on when I'm running and the engine charging the batteries looks after that.
There is a ton of information if you type in Anchor Light Bulb in the Google Custom Search box, top left hand corner.
Martin.

srbaum · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:39 pm Post subject:

Reel Action,

I too have recently considered replacing my incandescent bulbs in my 22 with LED's. My boat is an '01, so it most likely has the same lights (one mounted above the door, aft in the cabin and one on the aft port bulkhead in the forward cabin), as your boat.

Made a trip out to the dock today in the snow to find out about the bulbs...
The bulbs in OSPREY's lights are Perko 0070DP0CLR, 1 11/16" x 3/8" (this would be 42.9 mm in length), 0.74 amps, 10 watts, 12 VDC. Each light fixture has two bulbs.

Lastly, I have not done any homework on replacements in LED, so I'll be searching also.

hardee · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:48 pm Post subject:

Dutch, I think it is a good idea to switch to LED lights like you are thinking. Do it once and you are done changing bulbs there if you make sure you have good seals. I switched mine to LED several seasons ago, and that is the last time I had those covers off.

I know it would be easy if someone just gives you a number an you go order it on line. When I did that I had to go back and re-order because the first bulbs didn't fit. It might have been my fault because I asked for a brighter bulb, which was physically larger than the original, so it was not an exact remove and replace.

There may be some differences in the hardware that C-Dory used, although from your boat year, I don't remember if that is an issue. It is best if you pull your bulb and go from there.

At the time I did mine there was quit a bit of activity on the site re LED lights so a search for "led AND navigation AND replacement" should be pretty fruitful.

It would take some digging for me to come up with what I used and I'm not by the boat right now, but could come up with that when I'm home next week.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

thataway · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:09 pm Post subject:

As Harvey,
We put in an LED anchor light, and stayed with the same nav lights.

There have been several different bulbs in the anchor lights thru the years. If you find someone with a 2001, you probably will have the same, but not 100%.

dutch123 · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:27 pm Post subject:

Cool thanks for the help guys, looks like I may have to trudge through the snow as well to check exactly what I have just to make sure.

kennharriet · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:13 pm Post subject:

I just ordered LED replacement bulds for the slide fixtures in the cabin and vberth from marinebeam.com. The warm white are on sale for $9.50 ea. Need two per fixture. Part FS-42-06-WW. This is the 42mm festoon style.

Sunbeam · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:49 pm Post subject:

I just have a moment on break here, but there is a thread that gives the Marine Beam part numbers, I believe. I ordered their bulbs for the all-around and the sidelights. Yes, the engine is on and charging by definition when the sidelights are on, but another benefit of LED bulbs is that they are less prone to vibration issues (filament breaking, etc.). So for the durability I got them for the sidelights too (I also got their LED bulbs for my interior light fixtures, btw - on my year boat those are also festoon bulbs).

I made sure to keep the original wire and fuse sizes because I kept the original incandescent bulbs as spares (I mention this as a friend said "oh, you can go with really small wire/fuse now since LED's don't draw much." Technically true, but since the Marine Beam bulbs don't replace the fixture, and a "regular" bulb can still be put in the fixture (and that's what I have for spares), I wanted to keep the full ampacity/fusing for the incandescent bulbs.)

T.R. Bauer · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:54 pm Post subject:

Unless there is a compelling need, I can't imagine why anyone would change any perfectly good lights other than the amps drawing battery killing anchor lights. I changed mine with an LED and eliminated a battery completely. It's kind of nice actually....

Sunbeam · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:07 am Post subject:

ssobol · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:33 am Post subject:

colbysmith · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:02 am Post subject:

Soon after purchasing my C-22 used, I replaced the anchor light fixture with an entirely new LED fixture, that folded down. (Wanted something higher than my roof installed radar dome and that could fold down out of the way of the cover when it was put on. That fixture was, or something very close to:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TLFIIR2?psc=1

As for my cabin lights, I replaced the bulbs with LEDs:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KI6M1G2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_49&smid=A2HQM2G8I8CMKS

And finally, for the Nav lights:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BWA6OEI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A3IZHOEADOGAP0

(I may have gotten the nav and cabin lights mixed up, but I'm pretty sure the nav lights are the festune style.) I have been very happy with the operation of the LED's. You do have to be sure to put them in correctly as they are "polarized", that is, + is + and can't be reversed. (If you do reverse them, they just don't work until you turn them around.) Regarding the comment about why's it matter as the nav lights will only be on while the engine is running anyway.... there might be a time one is running at night on a kicker that is not putting out electricity, and if you are like me with a lot of electronics, and one main accessory wire going to the fuse hub, the more I can reduce my power consumption, the better! Smile

Colby

dutch123 · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:06 pm Post subject:

Some good info here for sure. Anytime the load on the electrical system can be reduced that is a good thing. From my experience I have realized a dramatic increase in bulb life when using led's as well. 👍

hardee · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:51 pm Post subject:

kennharriet · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:26 pm Post subject:

This is the best price I could find for the LED replacements for the Aqua Signal nav lights on our 1999 Cdory 22. I ordered the warm white from ledlightbulbs.net. The total for 2 bulbs with shipping was comparable to 1 bulb from marine beam.

2.6W Festoon 44mm the dimple boats Navigation led bulbs, 10~40V
$6.50

Festoon led bulbs with the dimple, Navigation Festoon LED Replacement Bulb, 44mm, Cool White/Warm White, 8-40VDC (2.6W), Omni-Directional, Dimpled Barrel End Contacts. This high output LED cluster festoon style bulb easily exceeds the brightness level of the 10W incandescent bulb it replaces. It has panels on five different planes, each containing 6 SMD LEDs for a total of 30 LEDs delivering crisp white light beyond 3 nautical miles. The dimpled barrel end contacts are made to fit the popular Aqua Signal Series 25 navigation lights. It replaces the 12V festoon bulb #ASL-902007 or the 24V #ASL-902017. The warm white version is best suited for red, green, or bi-color combo fixtures as it will render the red or green color more accurately. Although these may also be used for mast-head & stern lights, our cool white version is an even better choice for these applications.