Stern Lamp Lens
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
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Printed Date: November-18-2024 at 1:41am
Topic: Stern Lamp Lens
Posted By: Rick in MA
Subject: Stern Lamp Lens
Date Posted: August-15-2013 at 1:36am
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Oh where Oh where can I find a replacement lens for my '80 Stern lamp? White plastic, Pharo's hat shape. No clue as to the manufacturer but it is the original. |
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Posted By: JPASS
Date Posted: August-15-2013 at 11:09am
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Try Christine's http://nautiqueskins.com/Exterior_Parts___Accessories.html" rel="nofollow - Stern Light ------------- '92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique |
Posted By: ArtCozier
Date Posted: August-15-2013 at 3:46pm
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I never saw a Pharo wearing his hat. Any better description? I have a whole mess of old stern light lenses, all identical. They look like a shot glass, 1-7/8" in diameter at the open end, about 1-1/4" at the closed end. It has a slightly rounded top. (or bottom, if you are using it as a shot glass!) Height is 2". It has a coarse thread inside the open end. They are made of translucent plastic. I don't recall what years we used these, but perhaps you'll be lucky and this will fit. Art ------------- "Art" |
Posted By: Rick in MA
Date Posted: August-17-2013 at 1:18pm
| 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. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-17-2013 at 3:06pm
Rick, CC did go low end on some of their purchased components through the years. I'm glad to hear that you found the lens. Regarding the knurled brass contacts in the Nylon, how would you design it? Are you sure it's Nylon - how do you know and what's the matter with it? The contacts do need to be electrically insulated so a plastic of some sort is a good choice. Are you having problems with the staff and base making a good electrical connection? BTW, I have never had a problem with mine. Are you running in a salty area? ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Rick in MA wrote:Posted By: Rick in MA
Date Posted: August-20-2013 at 12:25am
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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!!. |
Posted By: Rick in MA
Date Posted: August-24-2013 at 11:01pm
| The Atwood lens was the correct replacement. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-25-2013 at 10:43am
Rick, Glad you engineered a correction.  The "wifeproof" comment was great! In my case, I have to also include son and daughter proofing!  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |