Windex light

[Minnesail]

I love night sailing and I love my Windex (I don't have electronic wind instruments), so what's better than lighting it up?
https://www.davisinstruments.com/product/windex-light-for-31003150/

Where I sail the wind tends to die at night, and in light wind it can be particularly difficult to tell by feel which direction the wind is coming from, so I think this is going to be really handy.

Last night was the first time I used it. I had my 170 drifter up in about 5 knots of wind, and the Windex light came in really handy.

 

[LeslieTroyer]

I have a led version of that light. I often worry it might be confused for a anchor light.

 

[Ron20324]

I have a led version of that light. I often worry it might be confused for a anchor light.

My led anchor light lights the windex quite well- better than an incandescent. Flipped on for a second, you can read the wind.

 

[Gene Neill]

I think I'd like that a lot. I would hope it is too small to ever be confused with an anchor light?

How's it wired?

 

[Minnesail]

I have a led version of that light. I often worry it might be confused for a anchor light.

Mine's also LED. It's 0.25 watts. I thought about the anchor light thing too, so I left it on while at the dock and started walking away. Even by 100' it was pretty hard to see.

I still might paint the shiny aluminum bits of the Windex a matte black next time I have the mast down, just to make it even less visible from off the boat.

I think I'd like that a lot. I would hope it is too small to ever be confused with an anchor light?

How's it wired?

I have it wired in with the running lights. I'm re-doing my wiring so I could put it on its own switch, but I'm not really sure why I'd want to.



I go sailing after work a lot, and later in the season the sun sets pretty early. I've only sailed with the Windex light once so far, but I'm really looking forward to having it.

 

[LeslieTroyer]

I used a Yacht Devices smart relay, using the Anchor Light wiring ( have dedicated wire up the mast but no room for another switch). Single switch on I have Anchor Lights, on-off-on and I get the windex. I do the same for Tri-Color and bow/stern lights.
https://www.yachtd.com/news/smart_relay_released.html