After some discussions with a marine electrician at our marina where he said the biggest maintenance item during the summer was to replace charger/inverters and when they went down they often took all the power down with them.  I decided to keep the two functions separate.  We have a Promariner charger and a Promariner pure sine wave 2000 W inverter.  I figure that I only have to replace one  unit when it goes down. 

Jack
Moonlight H49 #31

Thanks again Jack, appreciate the info!


Merrill, I'm in the process of that exact upgrade replacing the existing fixtures in the same locations as yours.  I'm sure it will make a huge difference.  I'm almost complete with replacing all of the ceiling puck lights with LED fixtures as well and very happy with the results!  Normally I order my fixtures and exterior lights from Marinebeam as well, but in the case of the puck lights, I have been using the 2.5" pucks from www.superbrightleds.com and been very pleased with the quality and performance, and equally important:  price.  They come in various ring finishes if you want to change away from chrome, as well as various brightness levels.  Very happy!


Best,


Dan
SV Nepenthe

Dan.  "Mine" means the switch for "E/R LTS", "the other switch".  It's under the companionway bridgedeck on port side of console to starboard of chart table that covers the Yanmar engine.  It's on the AFT LTS dc circuit.

On our 2002 46 the Engine Room lighting is tied to the Aft Cabin Lights ( the panel indicates AFT/E/R LTS) The light switch to turn them on is located beside the plug on the bulkhead behind the companionway stairs / under the cockpit.

Merrill and Maryse
S/V Ambition H46 #40

Jack, thanks for the quick reply although I'm not quite sure what you are referring to.  When you say "mine" what do you mean?  I'm trying to determine which electrical circuit the engine room lights would have been tied into on the H46 models.


Thanks!


Dan