[Rhodes22-list] Masthead Light

[Steve]

Bob
I put a Davis Masthead light (light has a photo cell
that can turn itself on at dark & off in morning) -
It's on its own switch.

I put a Running light/deck light combo about 3 feets
above the spreaders.  Both light have their own
switches.

Boat running light - Stern, port & starboard bow light
which are on the cabin are on thier own switch.

Things like DC water pump, radio, inside cabin lights,
DC plugs for accessoies, all need there own switch.  

If your out of switches, I would put in another panel.
Its not good to load up the switches.  

In Arkansas, I would say don't worry about all those
lights but most places you pretty much need them.  
Steve

 
--- rhendy <rhendy@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Rhodies,
>    Okay, I am in the middle of my winter rebuild and
> I am, for the most part, creating an electrical
> system for my 1976 R22 from scratch.  The issue
> today is proper lighting.
>    My R22 has sidelights, a dead on arrival
> sternlight built into the fiberglass of the stern on
> the starboard side, and another sternlight on the
> stern rail which looks to be in pretty good shape. 
> This will get me lit properly if I am SAILING at
> night....but....
>    I plan to "go camping" on the boat this summer,
> therefore I have designed an anchor light into my
> plan which will mount at the top of the mast....no
> problem.  The problem is this:  If I plan to MOTOR
> anywhere after dark, the U.S. Inland Navigation
> Rules call for a Masthead light.  The anchor light
> is specifically noted as being illegal in that
> situation.  So now, as I see it, I need still
> another light on the mast, more wires, and (more
> importantly) another switch in the panel.  Whoops,
> my panel is full up.
>    Poll to the membership:  What lights do you have?
>  How do you use them?  Where's the loophole in the
> law?
> 
> Fair Winds,
> 
> Bob Hendrickson
> S/V Getaway
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