On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:51:23 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:

"Gordon" wrote in
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I want to replace all my old fixtures with new led types. 6 spots and 3
puck style ceilings. Where to purchase at a decent price?

Gordon


You don't have to replace them. Let's skip the markupmen and get them
straight from the source:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm

Superbright has some really cool LED bulbs, strip lights and other fixtures
the RV and boat shops just don't have. Look around and pick some for
yourself.

Holland Marine here in Toronto sells something very like this for
$13,99 Cdn. each (the dual contact bayonet mounts found in a lot of
old boats). At that price, and considering the exchange, they are
cheaper for me retail than online...G

They are visible even in full daylight and went straight into the
V-berth which is where we have the most light usage for reading in the
evenings.

You have to like the bluish white light and the fact that LED "bulbs"
are not "area lights" but "spots". Luckily, I do...I use a "caving
headband" with three LEDs to read in bed at home without disturbing
the wife.

Aside from the low draw, the main advantage to me is that I can keep
the old 20 gauge wire strands throughout the boat without tearing it
out due to line loss or overheat worries. That saves a lot of hours.

I am keeping a big old 12 V incadescent for the overhead cabin light
and the nav and galley lights, but I may switch every other light to
LED, including some currently unlit areas in lockers and whatnot,
because it's cheap to wire and the draw is tiny.

I figure in two years or less there will be cheap(er), dependable and
sufficiently bright LED nav lights for mastheads and elsewhere. The
current prices are way too high. This means no more 12 gauge to the
masthead, and a far better shot at conduiting the rattling wires.

R.