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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 12/13/2014 :  23:15:51  Show Profile
I am sitting here dreaming of warmer sailing days to come, so I thought I'd provide a few updates to this thread.
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Anchor + running lights while under way is not an approved navigation lighting scheme for a sailboat. You should only use the anchor light when at anchor....

Actually, it is legal to turn on your anchor light while motoring, as long as your stern light is off. Then you have a single white light shining 360 degrees, which is the appropriate white light for a boat under power.

This is not a trivial observation. I had my steaming light burn out last year when I was motoring at night, and I needed a stop-gap way to be as legal as possible. So I put black duct tape over my stern light and turned on my anchor light. After the fact, I checked it out and discovered that this is totally legal.
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FWIW, [url="http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2575/bulb-only--led-upgrade-for-white-navigation-light.cfm"]here's the LED[/url] in my anchor light. It came in Dr. LED packaging, but I don't have the OEM part number right now, so I've linked CatalinaDirect, where I purchased it.

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Last September we anchored overnight, our first time doing that on this boat. The LED anchor light performed great. Extremely bright, and a nice warm color that looked just like it was incandescent. The next morning I checked the battery voltage, and it had not changed a bit from the night before. Battery drain was immeasurably small.
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...And finally, a couple weeks ago I replaced the C250 incandescent spots over the dinette [url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EKKJE2G/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]with these[/url]. They protrude about 1/16" below the fixture, but they provide very high quality light with good color fidelity - much better than any LED's I've tried before.

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I used these all season and loved them. The quality of light they put out was fantastic. Warm light, with great color fidelity. Much better than the cheap cool white LEDs. I still do not like how they protrude below the fixture. I've found some similar bulbs at WalMart's auto department that will not protrude down as far, so I'm going to try them next time I get to the boat. But I'm concerned that the Walmart lights might be cheaper cool white type, so I'm not getting my hopes up. Stay tuned...
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FWIW, I bought [url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045XJ4A0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]one other led, for the deck light[/url]. This one's a bit of an experiment, since it's not weather proof. But it is recessed up in the fixture so it should not see rain directly. And I'm in freshwater, so corrosion would hopefully be a little less...

This worked out fine. Even though it's not waterproof, the bulb held up fine in the deck light fixture. Its light was a bit cool, and it's not as bright as the incandescent that was there before, but it was adequate brightness for illuminating the foredeck.
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Chief RA
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Response Posted - 12/14/2014 :  08:02:18  Show Profile
Rick: I'll give my report on my LED's as well. I bought Seasence interior lights from Amazon and they are nice lights and draw next to nothing. My only thing with them is they are actually so bright on white light that they could be less brilliant! I got just the bulb replacements for the overhead swivel reading lights and they work perfect. Have not replaced any anchor or running lights yet. Happy Holidays to all! Chief
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