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Old 09-10-2010
Marty
 
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We have the aquasignal 32 bow and stern lights. They shine great and definitely save battery power at night (which then gets consumed by the autopilot anyway).

The installation was a bit awkward. You will probably need to drill to holes into whatever you are installing the lights into. One for the screw that holds the light (I thought this was a bit flimsy but it has worked fine) and the other for the wires. The wires are pretty small and need to be heat shrinked to the wires from your boat. I have my lights on my bow pulpit, so I had to add extra insulation around the wires since they are exposed.

I ended up buying two of each in case a light went out. My beef with the leds is that you can't just replace the bulb. There are supposed to last for at least 10 years, but if you lose one at night and want to replace it, you need to take off the whole fixture, replace it with a new one, and redo the wires.
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