Boat lighting

Robbi

Thanks the Hella look good -



Rob
I just replaced the bulb with the Polar Star 25 from Dr. LED
http://www.doctorled.com/p2.htm

I had to bend the wire to the bracket out of the way but it works fine and is much brighter than the stock incandescent. It should have dimples at each end. Not sure if I had a stock anchor light.
Jim
 
Dr John said:

In response to the earlier mention of difficulty in reading the buttons on the Raymarine displays: Wear a white T shirt and get your belly up close to the display. The light from the display will reflect off the T-shirt and you can read the button letters.

If you have yet to develop the belly necessary for this maneuver, you can hold a white sheet of paper up from the bottom, or tape it to the dash under the bottom of the display so it reflects the display light back onto the buttons.

John
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WOW, Great Dr John, I knew there was a reason I needed that extra piece of chocolate, and the oreo's too. (No problem here, in the belly reflector department anyway.) I'm having a hard time reaching the keyboard from the floor though, and my belly is aching from the shaking :lol: :lol: :lol:

ON a more serious note. :D I did learn that there is a way to do what we need for night running. The buttons DO HAVE BACKLIGHT. It's in there, in the backlight slide, just one bump down from max light in the night mode, and they are not bright, but they are there, and when it is dark and the slide is in the right position they do show up. (Thanks to Paul on the JC Lately for finding that and showing me how.) Also the screen display can be turned down very low, so that, it does not reflect off everything, (ahem, even my tee-shirt) and glare on the inside of the windows.

Thanks Dr John for the great idea, for many great posts, and for that extra bite of chocolate tonight.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Hi Jim,

Thanks for the Link the the Dr. LED web site. My current anchor light has a bayonet style bulb. The Polar Star 40 has a bayonet attachment, but the Polar Star 25 seems to have some other type of fitting. Did your light also have a bayonet type bulb?

Rob
 
Dotnmarty reminded me of something. :smileo I wonder just how well the Red/Green combo deck light on my older 16 shows up now that I've added an anchor and a deck-pipe in front of it. :sad I may have to put something under it and raise it up a couple of inches. :smiled Jack
 
I run as much at night as I do during the day. It definitely takes diligence to see other boats at night, particularly if you have a city backdrop. As others have said it's important to turn off all your interior lights, turn down the brightness on your electronics, and keep a sharp eye. It is easy to loose even tankers when you have a city behind them.

I love cruising at night. You can see stars you could never see from shore for example. We of course have a million lobster traps all over the place up here so I tend to avoid long cruises at night.
 
Captain Mack said:

It definitely takes diligence to see other boats at night, particularly if you have a city backdrop.....It is easy to loose even tankers when you have a city behind them.
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And other boats have lights. What about floating things like wood chunks, logs, or crab floats etc? Sometimes it is hard enough to see them in the daylight. Are you using a night vision scope or something else?

Harvey
SleepyC
 
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