DanLXIX
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Our new (to us) boat is about to go on the hard for the winter, and I'm using that time to do some upgrades.
One of the things I don't fully understand are the choices made when originally wiring the mast lights. There are two switches on the control panel for lights; nav and mast. Nav lights are obvious, but the mast switch turns on power to a 3 way rotary fitted next to the mast foot which allows you to switch between steaming, deck, and anker lights. Now I understand the logic of a choice of steaming and anker, but why would you not want the choice of being able to switch on the deck light separately? I'm considering whether to mess around changing this.
I'm aware that a 40 year old boat will often have weird wiring but I think this is original configuration, so I'm curious how others have this configured.
One of the things I don't fully understand are the choices made when originally wiring the mast lights. There are two switches on the control panel for lights; nav and mast. Nav lights are obvious, but the mast switch turns on power to a 3 way rotary fitted next to the mast foot which allows you to switch between steaming, deck, and anker lights. Now I understand the logic of a choice of steaming and anker, but why would you not want the choice of being able to switch on the deck light separately? I'm considering whether to mess around changing this.
I'm aware that a 40 year old boat will often have weird wiring but I think this is original configuration, so I'm curious how others have this configured.