Brilliant. Just brilliant! Did you ever sail at night? There's no "Solar"
to power the light.
Do you really want the collector and the battery at the top of your mast?
You do know that you need both, don't you? Have you been dipping into the
brown acid again? Sheesh!





"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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As you know, I'm seriously considering changing around how I switch on my
nav lights. I was thinking about adding a light for the Windex. While not
the only or even the best method of observing wind at night, it sure is
convenient, especially if I have a lot of other distractions. I have the
ability to wire it with the standard Davis Windex light kit, but it seems
like it would save a lot of hassle to use a small solar-powered light. I'm
thinking something like what people use for garden paths, but obviously
smaller.

Seems to me you wouldn't need much of a bulb (like a low-Amp LED) or
panel/battery to make it work. I don't have to have it run all night - a
few hours would be fine.

I couldn't find anything obvious via a search... still looking though. Has
someone done this? If so, what did you use?

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Jill M" wrote in message
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Brilliant. Just brilliant! Did you ever sail at night? There's no
"Solar" to power the light.
Do you really want the collector and the battery at the top of your mast?
You do know that you need both, don't you? Have you been dipping into the
brown acid again? Sheesh!


Seems to me real sailors don't bother with a cheap inferior Windex which is
a joke at best. Instead real sailors use an electronic and wired wind
instrument at the masthead that has a readout in the cockpit that indicates
wind direction and wind speed. That Jon Boy is an amateur act at best.

example:
http://www.marinemegastore.com/produ...-PLA_46600.htm


Wilbur Hubbard