Brian — I used heat-shrink butt connections, then made a loop behind the deck/steaming light fixture; so there’s no direct strain on the connections themselves. The three wires for the deck/steaming light are then wire-tied with all the wires coming from the masthead, where’s there’s tons of strain relief; both antenna cables (heavy low-loss LMR-400 coax) exit the side of the mast through Cable Clams for strain- and chafe-relief, and all the wires through the masthead for the anchor light, masthead tricolor, Windex light and wind instrument go into a low-profile waterproof aluminum junction box where there’s strain relief; the masthead combo light is mounted on the top of this box, for a little extra height and visibility. I’ve posted a photo of the new masthead setup on my web server:
www.postaudio.net/webserver/masthead.jpg <http://www.postaudio.net/webserver/masthead.jpg> — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Aug 9, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Nauset Beach via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Bill &/or Fred, > > The steaming / foredeck sounds like a great light and will probably get one. > Have had 2 of the Forespar units and the foredeck light dies within a couple > years. > > From one of the posted reviews it sounds like the electrical connection is > made with butt connectors. Did either of you provide any strain relief on > the wire or is the weight of the wire hanging on the 3 connections? > > Thanks, > Brian
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