Hunter410 Light bulb Inventory-LED Change out

[jsmac]

Hi,

Does anyone have an inventory of model/part numbers of light bulbs in a 1998 Hunter 410? I am interested in changing out some from incandescent to LED and the boat is 3 hours away and I don't have an inventory.

I do know I have three basic types:
2x adjustable "spot" lights in the two aft cabins. One per cabin. Similar to Defender #701506 but they are currently incandescent.
2x dome lights with a metal ring, one in each aft cabin.
Many recessed fittings with a small black switch on it. Similar to this one in Defender: # 700530 but incandescent.

I'd also like to replace my anchor bulb, not the whole fitting. That's probably a tougher answer but I'll take suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Stu Jackson]

www.marinebeam.com has a good How To.

 

[Perfect Excuse]

I did this on Perfect Excuse, a H410. I used dual pin round LED bulbs in the recessed fixtures, but to do this I had to take out the reflectors. Since the LEDs shine down it does not affect the light. The reflector is mounted with a little rivet which is easy to squeeze with a pair of needle nose pliers. It takes a few minutes, but not a difficult task. One problem was that the pins on the made in China LEDs varied in thickness, so exercise care when buying them as the thicker ones would not fit the female receptacles. The spots were just a straight replacement. I can't remember the exact numbers but it was about 20 recessed and four bulb types for the interior. The courtesy lights were replaced with new red LED fixtures. The chart table light is new and has both white & red settings. The whole thing cost about $170/200 cdn, but energy saving is tremendous. My anchor light and running lights were also replaced. My next task is to figure out effect LED cockpit lighting. If you have any ideas for a solution, I'd appreciate your input. The Canadian Government is phasing out incandescent bulbs so LEDs for standard household fixtures are easily available which can be handy if adapting fixtures or lamps. Good luck. Any questions just drop me a line. Bob

 

[Perfect Excuse]

Another thought ... There are two types of light; a bright white and warm. My wife likes the bright white in the heads and galley and warm in the salon. Suggest you buy a couple of each to test.

 

[Sailgunner]

I bought all cabin LEDs from China. Good bulbs rates at more than 15v. Also replaced the anchor light bulb, no problem. China source: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/201398 The recessed lights are a G4 base. You do have to cut the pins some. Defender sells the anchor bulb:item # 701285.

 

[Cobra]

10 years ago I custom built a bunch of mine. The LED's today are Smokin compared to the older ones. Some of my cabin lights I just bought G4 stuff and used the base of the old lights. My biggest challenge right now is my Mast Light needs to be Upgraded (to the newer LED's).

 

[secondwind410]

I too have replaced a bunch of my lights with led. I would like to order an anchor light but I would like to limit trips up the mast, does anyone know the type or a link for the anchor light for a 1998 hunter 410.

 

[Sailgunner]

I too have replaced a bunch of my lights with led. I would like to order an anchor light but I would like to limit trips up the mast, does anyone know the type or a link for the anchor light for a 1998 hunter 410.

I replaced my anchor bulb with Defender No 701285, Festoon Star 2MN LEd Bulb, $32.99.

 

[jsmac]

Anchor Light

I too have replaced a bunch of my lights with led. I would like to order an anchor light but I would like to limit trips up the mast, does anyone know the type or a link for the anchor light for a 1998 hunter 410.

Hi, The anchor light I have is a Double Contact Bayonet Indexing Base Bulb. I found a replacement bulb at marinebeam dot com. Type TW-BA15-SM for $18. Here's a pic of my light attached.

 

[secondwind410]

Re: Anchor Light

thanks guys

 

[CoolChange91-42passage]

I have to tell this story, it only seems fair. I replaced all my interior lights with SeaSense LED dome units last year. Shortly after, I was struck by lightning, actually twice in two weeks I was hit, it came down the mast on the 12 volt negative wire from the Tricolor that was vaporized. It went out on the negative wire to all the fixtures and blew out all but one of the LED fixtures, and the p42 has a lot of dome lights. It did a lot more damage but I want to stay on the subject of LED's. Of course I was bewildered so just for the heck of it, I called SeaSense to express my disappointment about losing all the LED lights and I told them the truth about the lightning strike. Low and behold, SeaSense sent me all the lights I needed to replace, no charge, not even shipping, I didn't have to promise anything or beg. So, I am no longer afraid of the LEDs. However, need to note that LEDs cannot handle reverse current surges which is the problem with not being able to isolate the negative wires from other fixtures during an electrical storm. I would suggest installing a switch in the negative wire of anything that is located on the mast, just as a precaution. Of course like most that get hit, it takes a hit to wake us up. Not knowing the jumper cable trick, I used to look up at the mast and think I should get a fuzzy up there before I get hit. Now I have a Fuzzy on top of the mast and I have jumper cables going from the shrouds to the water on both sides of the boat, knock on wood, I haven't been hit since. I have friends with an Identical boat that also got hit, we say we're in the club. It's funny, I never heard anyone talk of lightning strikes until after I was hit, nothing before. Thought it a little strange, but oh well, live and learn I guess. Other than this, LED's are amazing.

 

[ben solomon]

I apologize for the stupidity of my next question: What do you mean by a "fuzzy up there"? Some type of grounded lightning rod?

Thanks,
Ben

 

[CoolChange91-42passage]

I apologize for the stupidity of my next question: What do you mean by a "fuzzy up there"? Some type of grounded lightning rod? Thanks, Ben

Not Stupid at all, most people don't understand that you need to dissipate the static electricity into the sky during an electrical storm to lesson the chance of being struck. What I call the fuzzy is a static dissipater that mounts on top of the mast. Static leaves through points so the dissipater is just a wire brush on a rod reaching to the sky. The other thing you need is a complete circuit into the earth or in this case the water to complete the process, hence the jumper cables to the shrouds. If you can keep the area around the boat discharged to a very low potential difference to the sky, you survive. I live in central Florida the lightning capital of the world so now that I'm awake, I got a lot smarter. I got my Fuzzy from Defender, not cheap with the word marine attached.

 

[ben solomon]

Thanks for the explanation. I grew up living in Indian Rocks Beach, and went to USF in Tampa for college. Spent many years fishing and diving the area. I definitely know about the lightning in that region. Is there a more permanent solution to grounding the mast other than jumper cables?

 

[CoolChange91-42passage]

Thanks for the explanation. I grew up living in Indian Rocks Beach, and went to USF in Tampa for college. Spent many years fishing and diving the area. I definitely know about the lightning in that region. Is there a more permanent solution to grounding the mast other than jumper cables?

Well, I don't know the answer to that because I owned the boat for 4 years previous to the lightning strikes with no problems. The one and only thing I did was I painted the bottom in July and the first severe storms to come through our area hit me both times starting the first of August and again on the 15th. Why, not sure, but I have always felt it had something to do with the bottom paint. My theory is that since the bulk of my grounding is through the keel and I put a couple of coats of ablative paint on it, it was enough to insulate or give resistance against the low current static discharge that keeps you safe. I have no other answer because all my grounding to the keel is still intact and it was the only change to the boat. If I did it all over again, I would put a couple of zincs on each side of the keel so that regardless I would still have constant contact with the water under the boat, completing the circuit for the discharge to the sky. For sure, if I haul the boat again, I will put the zincs on the Keel without a doubt. Hope this helps.