Installing our DC LED stateroom lamp

 We first had to decide on the exact location. Most of the options were limited. That was OK because we wanted the lamp where it was best to install it. We needed to go on the outboard side of the 110 AC outlet and high enough to miss any chords that may be plugged in. We wanted the lamp to light up the dark corner but not take any shelf space. We keep the shelf generally clear so there is a place to put something if need be. It is nice to have some open space on the boat, not all of used up, for us.

Our sail 110 volt lamp being replaced.

Old 110 volt light being replaced.

Ruff spot to work in although I am on the bed :)

 Once we got the spot figured out we drilled three holes. One for the wires and two for the screws.

Darn screws were hard to work with.

Pulling the wires through to the head. 

Debbie is in the head pulling wires.

This lamp really makes the stateroom look bigger. 

Also very homey. 

Makes you want to jump in while walking by.

Combine this lamp with one of the LED reading lamps and you have a real nice space.

We used an additional 6 feet of #16 wire for the run to the head blade fuse block we had previously installed.. The original wiring colors were yellow - ground and white positive. We did not have any white #16 so we chose red.