I want to switch out my masthead light for an LED and would like to send someone up the mast only once if possible. Does anyone have the original specs so I can buy the appropriate bulb, adaptor and or whole unit.
Thanks,
Scott
Feel free to text 240-515-7805
If your setup is same as mine, I have one of the Perko combination masthead and anchor lights (see attachment). I was able to replace the bulbs with 2x Dr. LED “Festoon Star.” However, it was not installed with the DPDT switch called out in the attachment, so in fact I had no anchor light capability. When I last had the mast out, I reran a 3-conductor bundle and used a diode between 2 “ordinary” switch-breakers in the panel, as the other attachment shows. (I had also replaced the J24 fuse panel with a Blue Seas breaker panel, but you need not do this). The 8A breakers are way oversized for this, but they are there to protect the wire, not the bulbs.
PerkoMastheadLight.pdf (167 KB)
Thanks so much for the help.