Hunter 42 Passage Steaming Light Replacement

[DennisL]

My boat has a Hellamarine 8504 combo masthead/floodlight fixture. The masthead (steaming) light is out. I just spent an unsuccessful half hour up there trying to get at the steaming light bulb. Anybody know how you get the thing out. Thanks

 

[JamesG161]

I changed my fixture completely.

Jim...

 

[Terry Cox]

Anybody know how you get the thing out.

The steaming light lens is held inlace by two screws, as I recall. Bulb itself just twists off and out. Push in slightly then turn counterclockwise to remove. Replaced it a few years ago with an LED bulb from MarineBeam. The deck light lens parted ways long ago. I replaced the original halogen bulb with a miniature LED deck light bulb from MarineBeam that turns out to be brighter than the halogen. In order to protect the deck light bulb from being swept away by a flogging headsail during tack changes, I made an aluminum bracket that surrounds the bulb.