Sun Odyssey 35 Questions

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Hello,

A few Sun Odyssey questions that someone may be able to help with:

1) Can anyone tell me what to prise where to change the bulb in this lamp. I have tried twisting and I have tried levering it away - but obviously I am loathe to apply too much force.

2) What sort of battery charger is fitted to the J S/O 35? Is it reasonable to leave it on all the time the boat is plugged into the mains? At the moment that is 24/7.

3) Anchor windlass solenoid / relay. The wiring diagram implies that this is located on the starboard side of the bow cabin. If it is, I suspect it is behind the wooden fascia that is in the forward section at eye level. Does anyone know for certain where it is before I dismantle the boat?

Answers to any (or all) are much appreciated!

Thanks.
 
These are the same as the lights on my boat and I was in the same position as you - not sure how to access the bulbs. I finally found that you have to lever off the white surround carefully in maybe two or three places around the circumference and it will come off. Just keep working your way around a little at a time.

They are however a very tight fit. The glass is just a loose fit in the white surround so be careful not to let it drop when the surround does come off.

Once off, the bulbs just pull out - they are the 2 pin halogen type.

Sorry can't help with any of the other Q's
 
jordanbasset said:
Re windlass solenoid have you looked under your forward berth. Seems most sensible place to have it, does not necessarily mean it will be there though!
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I have and it isn't there.

I don't know much about boat electrics but I am learning. There are two heavy-duty HT style leads there (red and black). It seems a reasonable assumption that they are the power leads for the windlass. The are bound up with a cable tube which I guess will contain at least the port and starboard nav lights wiring. They lead up to the panel. I suppose the best thing to do will be to remove the panel, I just didn't want to set about pulling the fittings out unnecessarily.
 
Flat blade between headlining and outer ring and twist. Its on 3 pips.
Get rid of them because they are juice hungry and a rubbish light.
Get IKEA

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40171405/

£46 for 4

Not only brighter, but a big saving on leccy, and they are swivelling.


Battery charger gives off a lot of RF noise - interferes with my CD unit.
Its french and 25a. Can be left on all the time. Its located behind the panel under the nav table.


Anchor windlass is indeed stupidly mounted behind closed panel to starboard in forecabin. Remove 2 screws to underside of panel in centre, push to aft and slide out.

You might as well flick the switxh to allow non-engine running operation, as it won't work unless the engine is running. So what if your engine won't start and you are anchored. Ask me how I know.
I have put a door in this area, and a locker in the centre area, with a library shelf and removeable book retaining slat in the port side.

Go look up tech tips on jeanneau.tripod.com
 
Norman_E said:
No need to replace the light units at all, just replace the bulbs with these. You just have to trim the pins a bit shorter.
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I did that. They are, frankly, poor light, and they are large so can actually touch the reflector and short out. Mine lasted less than a season, and looked cheap.

Which is why I swapped them out for the IKEA units.
 
FullCircle said:
Flat blade between headlining and outer ring and twist. Its on 3 pips.
Get rid of them because they are juice hungry and a rubbish light.
Get IKEA ...


Battery charger gives off a lot of RF noise ...


Anchor windlass is indeed stupidly mounted behind ...
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Thank you! I would have posted it on the Jeanneau forum but the colour scheme hurts my brain and I thought perhaps you or someone else would be able to help!
 
I am going to spend Boxing Day photographing and writing up my mods from the last 3 years, as I have been too lazy to snap the fruits of my labours.

Watch out for those on the Jeanneau Owners site.
 
FullCircle said:
Battery charger gives off a lot of RF noise - interferes with my CD unit.
Its french and 25a. Can be left on all the time. Its located behind the panel under the nav table.
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My SO32 (2003) has a Cristec charger I guess you probably have the same. I've had no interference problem but mine is under the rear cabin berth so the extra distance might squash it.

If you have a power outage of even a fraction of a second the charger will reset and go into 5 hours boost mode so if leaving for a long period, boost should be disabled with an internal switch. Manual at http://www.cristec.fr/en/out-of-date-products/cps-chargers.html
 
FullCircle said:
I did that. They are, frankly, poor light, and they are large so can actually touch the reflector and short out. Mine lasted less than a season, and looked cheap.

Which is why I swapped them out for the IKEA units.
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Are you sure you had the same ones? My light fittings are a different design but take the same bulbs. The 24 LED ones I bought measure 26mm in diameter, though I did find other suppliers selling ones that were too large, and give as much light as the halogens they replaced. I found some even smaller ones for the fittings in the heads. I have changed nearly all of the lights on the boat for LEDs. Inititially I put in some of the "pure white" ones, but SWMBO said they were too bright, so have changed them all except the ones in the heads for warm white. No problems with them after one season except for one bulb of a different design (the type with LEDs on 4 sides and the end), which was intermittent from the outset, and was replaced.
 
FullCircle said:
Flat blade between headlining and outer ring and twist. Its on 3 pips.
Get rid of them because they are juice hungry and a rubbish light.
Get IKEA

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40171405/

£46 for 4

Not only brighter, but a big saving on leccy, and they are swivelling.


Battery charger gives off a lot of RF noise - interferes with my CD unit.
Its french and 25a. Can be left on all the time. Its located behind the panel under the nav table.


Anchor windlass is indeed stupidly mounted behind closed panel to starboard in forecabin. Remove 2 screws to underside of panel in centre, push to aft and slide out.

You might as well flick the switxh to allow non-engine running operation, as it won't work unless the engine is running. So what if your engine won't start and you are anchored. Ask me how I know.
I have put a door in this area, and a locker in the centre area, with a library shelf and removeable book retaining slat in the port side.

Go look up tech tips on jeanneau.tripod.com
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Saved me posting the answers to 1 and 3. Mine has a Sterling battery charger, replaced the original. I have put 10 watt halogens in the lights instead of 20s, not yet seen a LCD that gives a "nice" light. I won't have a fluo bulb in the house either, except in the cellar and loft.
 
jwilson said:
Saved me posting the answers to 1 and 3. Mine has a Sterling battery charger, replaced the original. I have put 10 watt halogens in the lights instead of 20s, not yet seen a LCD that gives a "nice" light. I won't have a fluo bulb in the house either, except in the cellar and loft.
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You can get better light from an LED lamp which consumes approximately 2W that's about 0.2 Amp.

Warm white LED lamps are best for interior down-lights as the light colour is similar to that emitted by incandescent lamps. Ensure that your LED supplier states that the lamps have a constant current control circuit. Often constant-current lamps have a working voltage range of 10-30v. If a voltage range is not stated it is unlikely the lamps are suitable for marine use. Less costly lamps often do not have electronic protection and the current is limited by simple resistors. These lamps are designed for motor vehicles and not the more onerous marine electrical environment.

Constant current controls, often also described as buck-boost controls will ensure that higher voltages present when charging batteries will not damage sensitive LED lamps.

Regards
 
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