Minerva
Well-known member
This winter I’ve converted an antique bronze oil anchor light with frenzel lens to be a rather nice 12v led anchor light.
My next plan is to reroute the wiring from going up the mast to the masthead light to a deck plug at the mast step. An easy switch will achieve this.
Problem I’m looking to solve is plugging the thing in.
The easiest method would be to route the cable from the lamp, down through the opening deck hatch immediately aft of the mast and into an internal non waterproof socket, but I prefer not having rain drops dripping into my dram!
On the deck plug front, I’ve used the ubiquitous cheap chrome plated deck plug for tasks before, but they haven’t stood up particularly well to constant plugging / unplugging when used for the cockpit chart plotter.
As the anchor light plug will in/out 50 odd times a season, it will get high use and it’s attached to the bit of deck I really want to keep watertight (mast step).
So, question being - what deck plugs have you used that have stood up to frequent (ab)use and remained firm, watertight with good electrical connections?
Thanks
My next plan is to reroute the wiring from going up the mast to the masthead light to a deck plug at the mast step. An easy switch will achieve this.
Problem I’m looking to solve is plugging the thing in.
The easiest method would be to route the cable from the lamp, down through the opening deck hatch immediately aft of the mast and into an internal non waterproof socket, but I prefer not having rain drops dripping into my dram!
On the deck plug front, I’ve used the ubiquitous cheap chrome plated deck plug for tasks before, but they haven’t stood up particularly well to constant plugging / unplugging when used for the cockpit chart plotter.
As the anchor light plug will in/out 50 odd times a season, it will get high use and it’s attached to the bit of deck I really want to keep watertight (mast step).
So, question being - what deck plugs have you used that have stood up to frequent (ab)use and remained firm, watertight with good electrical connections?
Thanks