J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment LED Cabin Lights?

Don - that is all 8 bulbs. My longer term plan is to change the Nav lights to LED also, since that is a sizable current drain. I'm going to try buying a single LED replacement bulb that will fit in my Perko nav light fixtures to see how the light looks through the colored lens.

Did you use one of these?

Yes - equivalent to that. Saw it for the first time in the dark at the dock Tuesday night. Really does a nice job of illuminating the Windex without shining directly down on deck. I walked down the dock and it is actually visible on the side as you move away from the boat. I guess it could double as an anchor light.

I swapped out an LED bulb for the incandescent one in the existing Windex light; the one with the small plastic dome. Is that the same Windex light you have?

Yes - standard Davis Windex light holder



Dr. LED Windex Light Bulb

I bought my nav LEDS from Marinebeam.com. $25 ea
White for stern
Yellow for bow. The white is too blue for red green lens
I have single fixture with festoon types

I have confirmed that the Dr. LED Warm White LED bulbs shine brightly through the red and green lenses on the Perko bow lights. The Dr. LED 31mm Festoon LED Part Number 9000173 is a direct replacement for the 0071DP0CLR incandescent bulbs in these 0955 series fixtures.




I just got back from trying these out after dark. I still need to replace the stern light with an LED model.

Ordered my windex LED. thanks
More watts in the bank!!!

I replaced our stock bow and stern lights with Agua Signal Series 34. This is a very good investment - especially if you want to conserve power.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...&subdeptNum=50580&classNum=50581

I just compared the specs on the Aqua Signal LED navigation lights for Model 33 and 34. It appears the only difference is that the Model 34 will work 12 to 24 volts while the Model 33 is only 12 volts.