Has anyone upgraded their mastlight to LED?

[BobCT]

And gotten it work correctly? I've spent hours and looked at a bunch of wiring/switch diagrams online. I cannot get the "all around" to work without also lighting the red/green and stern lights. The "nav" function works fine with one half of the mastlight and the rest of the running lights iluminated.

I can't get the two parts of the masthead light isolated so only it fully lights.

Perko sells a "12V Converter Module for use with Perko LED Combination Masthead/Anchor Lights". Is it the way it was wired from the factory? I had a Perko light and replacing it with an Attwood so maybe the wiring is different and the reason they sell the module.


Thanks
Bob

[bjanakos]

I just added new festoon LED bulbs to my existing mat head. Works great.

[jhalb]

I just added new festoon LED bulbs to my existing mat head. Works great.

+1, worried about old bulbs running down my battery.

[Flyboy]

On my 10 Meter the Nav switch is a 3 position switch. Up Nav, Center Off, Down Anchor. My only thought is the switch failed and a PO moved the Anchor wire from the switch to the Nav side so it would work. The PO of my boat did alot of creative wiring solutions, I am still fixing them.

[larryeddington]

I have two boats and the f28 has a whole new set of lights which work correctly. PO did not have them hooked up, I hooked them up to the boats original wiring and they worked perfectly and I installed a festoon stern led bulb also as are all internal lighting with LED festoons.

Now on my f36 tri cabin I purchased led lights from ebay provider. (china supplier unbranded, and yes I have heard the issue of made cheaper etc) used my same fixtures and used the LED bulbs and they work perfectly, stern light is a festoon LED and also works perfectly, Nav red and green are bayonet type LEDs, and yes I am pretty sure they are visible more than 2 miles as USCG requires ( though I have not measured it). In fact I am in the process of changing every incandescent bulb on the boat to LED almost done. Instrument panel is next.

Fluorescent light in interior will be a thing of the past as well yes you got it LEDs

[BobCT]

I have a new LED masthead light, my question was wiring specific. Trying to figure out if there is something different about the wiring on an International specifically. Perko sells this:

http://www.perko.com/catalog/navigation ... or_lights/

I'm trying to find out if anyone has upgraded the light itself and gotten it to work as intended. My issue is only getting both halves of the masthead light to illuminate (at anchor) without the stern and running lights coming on at the same time. The "NAV" position works fine. I'm trying to use the factory Cole Hersee switch.

Bob

[larryeddington]

Do not know about that. mine original and the new one had three wires and worked as original. On international have not idea but not sure why they would have changed.

[P-Dogg]

I converted to an LED mast light, but did it differently. I just wired the mast light so that it is always an all-around light by wiring both hot wires together. Whether you select the "anchor" or nav" light position, you get all-around white. I plan to add a switch to the stern light so that it effectively becomes a swim platform light. For now, my on-edge RIB blocks the stern light when underway.

I can tell you that even running deep cycle batteries, my old anchor light was noticeably dimmer in the morning. The LED is just as bright at sun up as it is at sunset.