My last attempt to order SMD LED festoon light bulbs from ebay resulted in very pretty blue light (previous posts are LED Lights and LED Lights #2 – hence the very original title of this post!). The blue is very pretty and will work great at Christmas, 4th of July, etc… but not great for daily… [Read More]
Jacklines
I am pretty old school – I can’t help but laugh out loud when I see a kid sitting in a stroller wearing a safety helmet or riding a bike down the street wearing full body armor. I am not sure why people insists on these “precautions.” Perhaps it is because our society is so… [Read More]
LED Lights #2
I tried the led lights that I wrote about here. The results were mixed. LEDs are particular about postive/negative poles. It seems that automotive “1156″ bulb style fixtures on my boat are wired incorrectly for the LED bulbs. Bummer – strike 1. The good news is that this is fairly easily fixed, just requries a bit… [Read More]
Smells
I recently saw a discussion regarding removal of bad odor/smells on a boat. My sailboat smells so I was paying attention. I think my boats problem is diesel fuel smell but I don’t have any background on which to base this assumption. The product being recommended was PureAyre. It is not a cheap option but… [Read More]
LED Lights
It is time to upgrade the lighting on my boat to LED lights. The single biggest reason for this is to save energy. I have a reasonably sized battery bank and an 80-watt solar panel. This is far from “too much power” so conservation is a good thing. I found some very inexpensive replacement LED lights… [Read More]