Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - chain locker wiring - 2018

The bow anchoring blue photo sensor actuated light has now got the switch added.

This allows us to dim\flash at different speeds or turn it on\off. Now at the marina we can completely turn off the blue LED light strip under the bow roller or if we want to sail at night or haul anchor and get under way at o-dark thirty.

January 2018  -  Tied up in the El Cid Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

Penthouse sitting on the embarcadero, Mazatlán, Mexico

 

I removed the light as it was not that great.
Later I will install a better red\white or just blue light in the chain locker.

Windless breaker.

Now with just the bow blue light switch the wiring is much cleaned up. I was going to install a Blue Sea Systems terminal block for connecting up to the power source. After thinking about it I decided that having a terminal block in the chain locker may not be the best long-term solution. There is a fair amount of dampness in here and with salt\fresh water coming in from washing down the chain after hauling anchor the locker can get real damp. I mostly try to wash down with fresh water as we have the Spectra Watermaker 200T Deluxe water maker.  

Looks like there is room on top of the breaker a little to one side for the ST Blade Fuse Block - 6 Circuits with Negative Bus and Cover.

 The solution will be to add a ST Blade Fuse Block - 6 Circuits with Negative Bus and Cover in the head cabinet next to the chain locker. Now we have our Lewmar H3 Anchor Windless breaker switch there. I would add the fuse block for the Lewmar H3 Anchor Windless foot switch(s) fuse and light(s) fuses etc. It would be out of the way and dry and easy to get at.