My bow lights are Perko. Don't know if they still make that exact light. This looks close: http://www.perko.com/catalog/navigation_lights_under_20_meters/7/side_lights/. Lenses are available
Joel On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, Rick Brass via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com');>] *On > Behalf Of *wwadjo...@aol.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wwadjo...@aol.com');> 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 > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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