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Greg Matthews
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Posted on: Jun 23, 2007 - 9:19am
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Can anyone tell me where the Black Light in the cockpit on the Higgins boats is located? It is a Black Light topside in the cockpit area that when turned on, would illuminate the glowing gauges and instrument panel.
Thanx,
Greg
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Wayne Traxel
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Posted on: Jun 23, 2007 - 6:32pm
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Hello Greg. Years ago the late Rich Malecki TM2 of Ron 11's PT-184 mentioned that the RPM and Manifold Pressures gages in the cockpit had radium painted dials. These gages glowed in the dark from light exposure during the day.
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Greg Matthews
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Posted on: Jun 24, 2007 - 7:03pm
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Ok, thanx Wayne.
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Jun 24, 2007 - 11:11pm
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Hi Greg,
We installed our black lights on the bridge of the PT658 so that they could shine on the Compass Binnacle and the Tachometer and Manifold Pressure Guages. The Black Light has a special resistor located behind the square panel on the Navigation Light Control Panel, it lowers the voltage to something less than 24 volts, I cant remember what the exact amount was. The light for the compass has a red filter plate inside the housing. I mounted them using our builders photographs and blueprints as a guideline, and I am pretty sure they are in the correct authentic positions. We dont have the proper binnacle for our magnetic compass, but I am working on that. You can see the two "Black" lights in the photograph below. I hope this helps! PS Today we were able to run PT658 up to 33.5 Knots and it got up on the step! Jerry
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Greg Matthews |
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Posted on: Jun 25, 2007 - 5:19am
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Jerry,
Thanx for the detailed information. I have a 1/20 scale PT 221 and needed this information for detail. The photo is absolutely fabulous and I can now study every part of the instrument panel set up off your 658 boat. Thanx again and happy sailing.
Greg Matthews
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Greg Matthews |
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Posted on: Jun 25, 2007 - 7:30am
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Jerry,
Thanx again. The additional info is very helpful to me.
Greg
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