George, I bought a set, too. I like the lights a lot. The stern light makes a great (not legal) anchor light and burns for many nights on a set of AAs. But I second your opinion of the clamps. I need to kluge something together that is more secure (although probably ugly).
Bill Riker M15 - #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Burmeyer Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 12:07 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: L.E.D. "Retrofit" Craig, You can also get LED portable lights from Defender (page 321 of their new catalog or on line). They are made by Innovative Lighting. The catalog lists a krypton replacement bulb as well as an LED replacement which suggests to me that you might be able to retrofit a standard fixture w/ LEDs. BTW, the clamp mounts on these things are not the greatest quality and unless they are mounted on a nice square board (not a sloping fiberglass deck edge or steel rail), I wouldn't trust them to stay put for long. George M15 #385 On 3/26/05 3:52 PM, "Larry E Yake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig, > > You can get portable LED navigation lights through Cabelas. The come on a > C clamp mounting bracket, use 4 AA batteries, last up to 100 hours on a > set of batteries, and cost $22 each. I found them in their catalog, but > I'm sure they would be on the web site, too. www.cabelas.com > > Larry > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:17:22 -0500 "Craig F. Honshell" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> After reading about Bill's Ankerlight (excellent link, Bill, thanks >> for sharing), I >> started wondering: >> >> Could the portable "dinghy nav lights", such as those previously >> available through >> West Marine by Aqua Signal (and now available through West Marine in >> some brand I >> don't recognize), be retrofit with L.E.D. bulbs? >> >> These AA-battery powered dinghy nav lights with mounting bracket >> options are good >> backups . . . But the standard bulbs go through batteries quickly. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
