My M17 Monita sleeps alone on her mooring most of the time. The mooring is the only one in our bay. I learned the necessity of an anchor light the hard way a number of years ago when my other boat Chiquita was rammed in the middle of the night and dismasted by a drunken power boater while on the same mooring. Fortunately, no one was aboard Chiquita at the time; the culprit ran away and was never caught. After replacing the mast and making some other repairs I installed a low current LED anchor light that switches itself on at night and off during the day (the Davis Mega light.) It is powered by an AGM deep cycle battery that is kept charged by a 10 watt solar panel. The anchor light comes on every night throughout the spring, summer, and fall without fail. It is augmented with some solar garden lights at deck level, but these do not last the whole night. Chiquita hasn't been hit again since adding the anchor light to the electrical system! I have more or less duplicated this arrangement on Monita. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
Jazzy, I have redone my electricals. I am using Aqua Signal nav lights. I drilled a hole in the deck and lined it with epoxy, etc. Then bought a two part four pin plug (I installed a steaming light as well as the mast head lite). Then led the wires via deck plug down to the fuse panel then to storage battery, deep well AGM type. I am also using diode lights which draw a fraction of regular old incandescent bulbs. I am doing all this because I want to be seen at night while I am anchored and asleep. I boated for years on Galveston Bay, Tx. and the cigarette boats there, at 70+ miles an hour could easily skure my boat and kill me and the drunk bast....s would not even know it. That is all I can do to feel safe so that is what I did. I know low tech is good for a lot of reasons except out there what you have to work with is what you brought from home. < https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaig...
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Hiya Steve, Mine came with the very same stuff in a crate! But if it's not to much hassle I'd like to get it all hooked up original. Last night the front nav light came on for the first time in years I bet, from the power panel! It's good to go! Stern light is whooped. Jazz
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