DPDT switch for LED lighting

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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  July 2016

  @Cableguy Greg yea just learned that this morning from ITC.  I can't tell if I have the blue lights or the white lights.  I'll see what yours looks like and judge if it's the same.  
  

  Patrick
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• MDboater Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭

  July 2016

  06Rinker270 said:

  Wonder if I can just get the bulb.

  Can you remove the bulb? 

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• Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 2016

  Here is what I have. Not too bright, not too dark.
  
  
  

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  2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
  2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
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• denled Member Posts: 1 ✭

  April 2018 edited April 2018

  I just replaced the cockpit light bulbs
  
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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  July 2018 edited July 2018

  Having issues with my anchor light.  The lighted worked but I noticed the connectors have all corroded so I pulled them apart and used heat shrink connectors.  I connected red to grey and black to black.  Now I have no light.  Did I do something wrong?
  
  
  

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  Patrick
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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  July 2018

  I must have something wrong here.  Does it require insulated connectors?  

  Patrick
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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 2018

  Is it an LED bulb? Did you pull it out and reinstall it the correct orientation? They only work one way and not the other in the socket.

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• reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 2018

  This true LED's have to have the correct polarity. Red should be hot.

  2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct

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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  July 2018

  It is an LED bulb and although I am not sure which is the correct way, I have tried both as I have had that issue when I switched to LED. 
  
  My main failure here, when everything corroded I was in a hurry and pulled apart and put electrical tape over it until I could attend to the issue, failing to note the correct orientation. 
  
  I have red to grey, black to black.  Correct?
  
  

  Patrick
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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 2018

  Sounds correct. I had an issue with the plug once, I had to pry the pins open slightly for a tighter fit in the socket.

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 2018

  Try wiggling the socket and see if the light comes on.

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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  July 2018

  Will do, although the plug is new as the other one broke off.  Do I have those wired in correct?  Red to the smaller pin, black to the larger.
  
  Silly question, but having heat shrink rather than insulated connectors shouldn't make a difference correct?

  Patrick
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• diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭✭

  July 2018

  If it doesn’t light, just switch the two wires and see if that works... it won’t hurt anything. I have found that the colors of wires in the “boat world” mean nothing in relation to polarity. 

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