Marlinmike
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Anyone using an LED anchor light, which one and how do you like it?
Thanks!
Thanks!
We were in a small cove last summer - could fit 8 -10 boats max - and one of the vessels had an LED anchor light that was so bright it destroyed any chance of the rest of us enjoying unhindered star gazing.
I never thought I'd say it, but your anchor light can be too bright.
Wesk - sounds like our boats had the same PO. What a stupid arrangement. Until reading your post above (re the Perko) I was imagining some sort of tower arangement to get the bloody all round light above the bimini of the flybridge.
Can you point me to the 2-bulb perko light you bought? Does it have 2 switches (one for each light) on your dah/switchboard - or is there a switch on the light itself to turn on/off the second light? I'm hoping it's the miracle product I've been hoping to find to fix this blindingly stupid light placement.
Thanks very much Wesk - you've saved me a fortune on mods.
Edit - actually one more question if i may?
When underway - is there much glare from the forward facing light or is it unnoticable?
Cheers!
Thanks psneeld, however my current nav/all round light sits exactly at eye level of the FB helm station.
If the light is behind you (even if higher) then that's exactly what the glare shields do..they keep the light from flooding your flybridge (outside steering, foredeck, etc) with glare/light....and prevent you from being blinded by looking directly at it if you turn around.I'd have to put quite an extension to get it up high enough for those to help, mate. The appeal of the perko light is that I can swcith off the rear bulb of the 2 bulb light when underway (I have a kosher rear white light so will still be legal). I was just wondering if there was much glare from behind when running the perko in '1 light mode'.
It's the one in the center:
There are three wires; one common (ground or negative) and one for the forward facing light and another for the rear facing light. The switching on the boat should turn the forward facing lamp on in the "Navigation Lights" position and turn both on (but not the red and green lights) in the "Anchor Light" position.
Do a web search on Perko 1184 and you'll find dozens of vendors.
psneeld - I think I musn't be explaining the situation very well. I have seen (and fished from) boats with a similar glare sheild (albeit home-made) on all-round lights - they only stop glare projecting downward when the light is higher than the observer. My light is NOT higher than me - it's right in front of the helm and at eye level (not behind me). Yes, it's a bloody stupid arragement, hence me wanting to change it. A simple extension would work - but it would have to be a pretty large extension of around 2 metres or more to move the light up high enough to allow the glare sheild to work. If I could get it up high enough, glare wouldn't be an issue as the flybridge soft-top would block the glare.
My question to Wesk was more trying to find out whether [with the rear bulb switched off but the front bulb on] there is much glare from the front bulb when viewing the light from behind - is glare from the front bulb evident.
Am I making more sense now?
psneeld - I think I musn't be explaining the situation very well. I have seen (and fished from) boats with a similar glare sheild (albeit home-made) on all-round lights - they only stop glare projecting downward when the light is higher than the observer. My light is NOT higher than me - it's right in front of the helm and at eye level (not behind me). Yes, it's a bloody stupid arragement, hence me wanting to change it. A simple extension would work - but it would have to be a pretty large extension of around 2 metres or more to move the light up high enough to allow the glare sheild to work. If I could get it up high enough, glare wouldn't be an issue as the flybridge soft-top would block the glare.
My question to Wesk was more trying to find out whether [with the rear bulb switched off but the front bulb on] there is much glare from the front bulb when viewing the light from behind - is glare from the front bulb evident.
Am I making more sense now?