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Finally I found the correct LED replacement bulbs for the interior. The admiral was insisting on “Warm White” LED’s. I replaced them and you hardly can see a difference to the original ones. The power consumption went from 1.2 A for one light to 0.8 A if all 4 (6) LED fixtures are on. What a difference.
I found them at http://www.superbrightleds.com/other_bulbs.htm and they fit perfectly. I bought the 1156-PCB-WWHP9.

Is that 1156-PCB-WWHP9 or 1156-PCB-WHP9?

On the invoice they call it 1156-PBC-WHP9 White LED Lamp - Warm White - 3100K.

The speck sheet calls for 1156-PBC-WWHP9

If you click on order the 1156-PBC-WHP9 you can choose between Warm White and Blue White

Hallelujah! They finally made one with a regulator that won't change brightness between a deeply disharged battery and a fully charged one with the alternator running. That and the 120º beam pattern sounds like a good alternative for the factory lights.

Great find. I've been using Sailor's Solutions LED bulbs for over a year and love them. I bought the dimming controllers with mine and can control the full range, not only saving battery life but I rarely need or want full intensity as with only 2 leds, it's brighter than the original bulb.
Also, the sensibulb is a rarity, something electronic made in USA.
http://sailorssolutions.com/index.asp?p ... tem=SEN10W

Has anyone used these for running or anchor lights?

Trouts Dream wrote:Has anyone used these for running or anchor lights?

I tried replacement LED bulbs in the standard AquaSignal nav lights and they are not usable. The lenses require the filament to be in just the right place, and an LED - even one with radial elements - doesn't produce properly focussed light.

However, I bought a Davis Megalight as a combined cockpit/anchor light (I hoist it up the backstay using the topping lift), and an LED works really well in that. It's brighter than the standard bulb which is really feeble, and produces a good pattern. I did have to remove the light holder from the PCB and reverse it to get the polarity right though. From the way it's made it's obviously random as to which way the polarity will be when you buy one. If you're lucky it'll work without tweaking.

I've bought a pair of proper red and green LED nav lights which I'm going to mount either side. The anchor rode ripped the bi-colour off and I realised the bow is a lousy place for a light. I got the Hella NaviLED ones, which are not expensive, about the same price each as an AquaSignal bi-colour. Just have to make some mounts for them now.

Cheers, Rick

as i only have one battery,i used little self contained LED lights, they take 3 AAA batteries each,i also use a much larger LED light that takes 6 cells batterys,i use the big one for an anchor light,the small ones are inexpensive and you can start the engine in the morning

My 3 just arrived yesterday. They are very nice replacement lights at half the price of the sailor solutions product. I've switch the bulbs in the three main cabin fixtures. Should have got a fourth for the head fixture.

The color temp (Warm White version) is a very good match to the incandescent bulbs and their wide angle of coverage makes it very hard to even tell there are LED's in the fixture. The only clue is the 9 points of light inside the fixture instead of the single one. Brightness is equal to the factory bulbs. Coverage is very even.

It took about 15 minutes to figure out a good way to mount them as they are just a square flat PCB board with the 9 LED's and a pigtal that goes in the socket. I used a couple small cable ties to strap the board to the underside of the socket. I used a thin 1/4" square of scrap foam as an insulator between the two. The cable tie runs between a row of LED's and doesn't block any light. A small tweak of the mounting angle of the socket itself and the board is aimed perfectly and mounted securely.

I have a very precise amp hour meter so I was able to get a good comparison of their current draw.

Each of my standard bulbs drew -1.3 amps for a total of -3.9 amps when all three were on.

Each LED replacement shows -0.1 amps. The meter rounds to the nearest 10th of an amp. I think the consumption is really around -0.15 amps. With all three on the meter alternates between -0.4 and -0.5 which means it is right at the -0.45 amp line.

With all three on I am still using just over 1/3 the power of a single standard bulb.

Running on my 220Ah dual 6V house bank I don't have to worry about leaving the lights on anymore. Now the admiral wants a fridge.

Could be worse....


She could want the freezer and holding plate.

Thanks for the mounting tip Duane
I expect my three bulbs will be here today or tomorrow.
Now any ideas on the best anchor light. I'm looking to reduce power draw as much as possible without compromising on safety. Maybe the difference in these LEDs inside will be enough but in this day and age, reduce, reduce, reduce.

Just received my lights from superbrightleds and wow they are almost the same as the standard lights for brightness. I am glad I went for the warm white as the others although much brighter can be a bit harsh. Thanks for the info and it only took a week to get all the way to Oz.

Cheers Nick

Nick,

If you want more, we can get them together or maybe any other OZ members that want to order and share costs.

Duane Dunn, Allegro wrote:. Now the admiral wants a fridge.

Getting off the subject here but he started it!!!

I had one of these for my car and now use it exclusively in the boat. I leave it plugged in my 12v boat socket when on shore power and under generator power and unplug it when on battery . It fits under the sink of my 2003 M. With the aluminium bubble insulation wrapped around the sides (making sure not to cover the air intakes for the fan) and a piece of aluminium bubble wrap laying just under the cover it does a swell job of allowing me to keep my milk, margarin and beer cold .

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... 06_9229416 Got this at Wal Mart

http://www.radiantguard.com/images/prod ... foil.1.jpg Got this at Home Depot

I also wrap my 5 day cooler with the aluminum bble wrap and put a piece in the cooler over the food and found a dramatic reduction of the temperature of the air in the cooler.
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p.s. also found the fridge can run all night on my battery bank with left over for weak lights on the boat ....but that was not planned and it did not leave enough juice for the motor to start tho.

Thanks for the post I went and added 5 blue LED lights through out my cabin on my Mac79 25V and it looks great! Thanks