Compass light

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Jun 14, 2004
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Catalina 310 BRANFORD
Recently noticed that my compass does not have illumination.
Is this light connected to the interior cabin light circuit or engine panel?

Thanks, JCDSAIL
 
Sep 29, 2008
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Catalina 310 #185 Quantico
Hmmm, Not sure, but ...

Recently noticed that my compass does not have illumination.
Is this light connected to the interior cabin light circuit or engine panel?

Thanks, JCDSAIL
The light for the compass I recall is off of the NAV breaker. When I first got my boat the light did not work. So in fixing it and noting that someone had tried to fix it, I checked it out. One thing to note is there were labels warned to observe the polarity. So like a good nuke I followed them and it did not work, but I could read voltage with a meter. I assumed the bulb was bad and went to WM for a replacement; tested it and then assuming it was bad reversed the leads and it lit up. So I just took it back to the boat and wired it up that way. Not sure what the labels are for. Lesson learned - don't think too hard.
 
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