This year I have been doing a lot of night boating, and I have an issue with the instrument lights being WAY too bright.
The dash lights come on whenever the running (red/green) lights are on, and on a dark night completely ruin my night vision. Because of this I tend to stand in front of the helm to scan the water and reach back behind me to make any steering adjustments. This doesn't seem very safe as I am a few steps from the throttle, but at least I have a fighting chance of seeing an object floating in the water (I pretty much know where I am going on our lake even on the darkest nights, I am just looking for floating debris).
I am thinking of two options, either putting a switch on the lights so I can turn them off, or (preferably) putting in less blinding bulbs, possibly red. Anybody else every have this problem, and what have you done about it?
The dash lights come on whenever the running (red/green) lights are on, and on a dark night completely ruin my night vision. Because of this I tend to stand in front of the helm to scan the water and reach back behind me to make any steering adjustments. This doesn't seem very safe as I am a few steps from the throttle, but at least I have a fighting chance of seeing an object floating in the water (I pretty much know where I am going on our lake even on the darkest nights, I am just looking for floating debris).
I am thinking of two options, either putting a switch on the lights so I can turn them off, or (preferably) putting in less blinding bulbs, possibly red. Anybody else every have this problem, and what have you done about it?