Re: Anchor light - what/where is it?
Great info and forum from what appears to be a Navy crew! Sorry but I'm a 'flyguy' but I still need help on the same topic.
My problem is this; I have a 3 pin nav base and a 2 pin stern base. The switch is a NAV/ANCH rocker. The stern all around light works properly. The bow light is lit as soon as it's plugged into the base, meaning it's hot no matter how the switch is set. When I look at the bow wiring I see the common (ground) is tied to the ground of the bow rocker switch for the bow live well. That switch is a rocker that activates the fill (up) and the recirc (down) and has little indictator lights on it showing when it's running. That same ground is also tied to a little coutesy light on that panel. The courtesy light has a hot wire and the ground. The light is also set up as a rocker, up/on, middle/off, down/on. Now that part is clear. When I turn on the Nav/Anch switch, the live well both indictator lights half shine. When I turn on the coutesy light the livewell both indictators fully shine. Carefull steps have been taken to place wires back in their original position as I've moved them around troubleshooting. Does anyone care to take a stab at what I've got going on? I bought the boat new back in 98 but as a telephone guy in Mn, I never get to fish at night. I didn't realize a problem until I had the boat for a while. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Great info and forum from what appears to be a Navy crew! Sorry but I'm a 'flyguy' but I still need help on the same topic.
My problem is this; I have a 3 pin nav base and a 2 pin stern base. The switch is a NAV/ANCH rocker. The stern all around light works properly. The bow light is lit as soon as it's plugged into the base, meaning it's hot no matter how the switch is set. When I look at the bow wiring I see the common (ground) is tied to the ground of the bow rocker switch for the bow live well. That switch is a rocker that activates the fill (up) and the recirc (down) and has little indictator lights on it showing when it's running. That same ground is also tied to a little coutesy light on that panel. The courtesy light has a hot wire and the ground. The light is also set up as a rocker, up/on, middle/off, down/on. Now that part is clear. When I turn on the Nav/Anch switch, the live well both indictator lights half shine. When I turn on the coutesy light the livewell both indictators fully shine. Carefull steps have been taken to place wires back in their original position as I've moved them around troubleshooting. Does anyone care to take a stab at what I've got going on? I bought the boat new back in 98 but as a telephone guy in Mn, I never get to fish at night. I didn't realize a problem until I had the boat for a while. Any help is greatly appreciated!
