Stern Lamp Lens

Rick in MA wrote: Perhaps I should be more forgiving of the design..After all it lasted for 33 years!! The underlying issue was that unless the lamp was dropped straight onto the pins it would push one or both of the pins out of the socket. Corrosion was not an issue. My fix was to make new contact pins with a shoulder on the socket side that would not allow them to be pushed thru. Threaded on the backside with nuts to secure the pins in the socket. The heights of the contacts on the outside were staggered to isolate the electrical connections. I wish I had taken photos but I think what I have is "wifeproof". Now I need to replace the lens that I broke in the process of the other repair. I love this old boat!!.

Rick,
Glad you engineered a correction. The "wifeproof" comment was great! In my case, I have to also include son and daughter proofing!

Perhaps I should be more forgiving of the design..After all it lasted for 33 years!! The underlying issue was that unless the lamp was dropped straight onto the pins it would push one or both of the pins out of the socket. Corrosion was not an issue. My fix was to make new contact pins with a shoulder on the socket side that would not allow them to be pushed thru. Threaded on the backside with nuts to secure the pins in the socket. The heights of the contacts on the outside were staggered to isolate the electrical connections. I wish I had taken photos but I think what I have is "wifeproof". Now I need to replace the lens that I broke in the process of the other repair. I love this old boat!!.

Thanks for the inputs. I have ordered an Atwood that seemed to meet the dimensions. Art, If I don't succeed here could I send you the broken one to attempt to match it up. What a hokey set up this whole stern lamp is.... knurled brass contacts pressed into nylon.... Thanks again.

Try Christine's

Stern Light