ghostlymoron
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I've been told I should fit led bulbs in my navy lights. Where can I get them for my hella marine small port, starboard, stern, steaming and anchor lights. They're the small black ones.
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pmagowan
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I use Searolf for my LED needs. Really excellent service. They phoned me to say that my order looked strange as I had bought two different types of bulb and they wanted to check that my fittings were different. I had made a mistake and they simply corrected it and processed in double quick time.
Salty John
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Searolf +1
laika
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Do note that it's not always that simple. I bought one of the searolf anchor lights. Unfortunately the wire terminals in the tricolour were quite high off the base and close to the bulb. The body of the new LED was wider than the old bulb so despite having the right fitting the thing didn't fit. Not a criticism of sealrolf (I didn't even try and send it back), just that it wasn't right for my particular tricolour. Looks pretty though.
Edit: My old tricolour was a perko. Good tricolour. The searolf looked an excellent bulb. They just didn't go together.
Edit: My old tricolour was a perko. Good tricolour. The searolf looked an excellent bulb. They just didn't go together.
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CFarr
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Boatlamps have been very good having used them twice now.
Quick service, called back when a query on my order, good advice too.
Easy to use website as well.
http://www.boatlamps.co.uk
Quick service, called back when a query on my order, good advice too.
Easy to use website as well.
http://www.boatlamps.co.uk
estarzinger
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Just a note of caution on led bulbs for a masthead tri-color, if you also have a masthead AIS antennae . . . All the drop in led bulbs I have tried so far (3 different ones) produce rf noise near the AIS freqs and cut my AIS range by half (when the bulb is on).
I have aqua signal fixtures, so my specific bulbs may be different than for the OP's hella, but I suspect the problem will be the same.
For the masthead I am going to switch this winter to a specific led unit that produces no rf noise - the opti lamp http://www.neptunes-gear.com/products/led-tri-color-masthead-light. I tested it this summer and it is a very nice unit, uses only two wires to drive both a tricolor and an anchor light, no rf noise, and nicely constructed.
I have aqua signal fixtures, so my specific bulbs may be different than for the OP's hella, but I suspect the problem will be the same.
For the masthead I am going to switch this winter to a specific led unit that produces no rf noise - the opti lamp http://www.neptunes-gear.com/products/led-tri-color-masthead-light. I tested it this summer and it is a very nice unit, uses only two wires to drive both a tricolor and an anchor light, no rf noise, and nicely constructed.
Robin B
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+1 Searolf. Great service & advice.
Pinnacle
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+1
trapezeartist
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+1 for boatlamps.
You just need to open up your lamp and see what type of bulb it has. Then pick the LED equivalent from the website. You need warm white for the coloured lamps and cool white for the white lamps. There is also a dusk-to-dawn bulb for the anchor light which only costs an extra pound or two and has a sensor on top so it only lights up in the dark. Originally I didn't bother with LED for the steaming light but the filament bulbs were only lasting about a year and I was getting fed up with climbing the mast to change them. So I now have an LED there too, and it has survived so far.
You just need to open up your lamp and see what type of bulb it has. Then pick the LED equivalent from the website. You need warm white for the coloured lamps and cool white for the white lamps. There is also a dusk-to-dawn bulb for the anchor light which only costs an extra pound or two and has a sensor on top so it only lights up in the dark. Originally I didn't bother with LED for the steaming light but the filament bulbs were only lasting about a year and I was getting fed up with climbing the mast to change them. So I now have an LED there too, and it has survived so far.
coliholic
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Different application (caravan lights) but used www.atenlighting.co.uk and been v happy with the products and prices. Just checked their website and they have bulbs suitable for boat nav lights etc.
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