I have also heard of the mast head tri-color being replaced with a
28 volt bulb. where did you get the halogen bulbs at 28 volts?
thanks
eric
sm 376


--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "dgoffaux" <dgoffaux@b...>
wrote:

Hi,

I have SM #135 and recently changed the original 50 amp charger

for a

Mastervolt 100 amp, with smart regulation. And I began to burn all

my

halogen bulbs because the charger goes to 28.5 V. The solution was

to

switch to 28V bulbs, as recommended by Mastervolt. I have had no
problem since, but cannot tell yet how long they will last.

Good Luck.

Daniel Goffaux
on "Passion"

--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "Stephan Regulinski"
<stephreg@y...> wrote:

When installing the halogen bulbs, you MUST clean the bulb first

with

alcohol and then not touch it with your fingers. This is true

even

if you remove the bulb from the package without touching it.

These

bulbs are exceptionally sensitive to contamination. I keep a

small

bottle of alcohol in the same tupperware box as the spare

halogen

bulbs. My bulb life is up dramatically.

--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "the Lundstroms"
<linneasail@h...> wrote:

Untitled DocumentWe have had "Linnea" fore about 9 months

(hull

#366). We have to change our interior light bulbs all the time
(particular the small halogen ones). Even though we try to not

have

all the lights on, we end up switching out about 2-3 light bulbs

per

week.

When we talked to Amel about it a while back, they explained

that

the problem is with the "Smart Charger" (an option we bought)

because

it pushes the voltage up to 28V frequently (when you are on

shore

power) which is to much for the halogen light bulbs. This makes

lots

of sense, but it's still frustrating to switch out light bulbs

all

the time.

Does anybody else have the same problem?


S/Y Linnea
Walter Lundstrom