Mast light replacement bulb number P165

[eaglecreeksailor22]

Hello All,
The mast light on my 1996 P165 is not working and when I start trouble shoot it I want to have a spare bulb in hand. Does any one know the number? Thanks in advance for your help.
Rich
Central Indiana

[Quantico Frank]

Hi, Rich,

I replaced mine last season with an LED, but, unfortunately I don't have the nomenclature of either bulb. If nobody here has the answer, you might be able to get it from Bill Porter at Precision. Good luck!

Frank

[Brian N.]

Did you start by replacing the two prong male plug and cleaning the deck female receptacle? I've replaced the rubber plug twice and sprayed the receptacle a few times. WD-40 seems to work well. The bulb was never the problem, but I use the light infrequently. BTW replacing the plug is a pain and there is not much extra wire to work with.

[DBthal]

I had a similar experience as Brian. Replaced the bulb with a LED, then found it was the receptacle inside the boat top.

Dan

[eaglecreeksailor22]

I plan to do some testing of the receptacles first before going up a ladder to check bulb and socket. I do like to night sail in the peak summer eves so the light will make me legal The rest of the lights work so I could probably BS my way through not having a mast light if stopped on the water. All ready launched for the season and did not want take the furler loose to drop the mast, help not always available when I am.

[Straander]

Did you start by replacing the two prong male plug and cleaning the deck female receptacle? I've replaced the rubber plug twice and sprayed the receptacle a few times. WD-40 seems to work well. The bulb was never the problem, but I use the light infrequently. BTW replacing the plug is a pain and there is not much extra wire to work with.

My deck plug/receptacle fell apart from too many mast stepping cycles I assume. It doesn't seem very practical to maintain for those of us who trailer sail as and arent' always overnight crusing as that area is always getting beat up.
I just went ahead and removed all the mast light hardware off my mast and instead got a little 5" tall rechargeable LED lantern which I can charge inside the cabin and then hoist up my mast using the jib halyard and pull back down using the jib downhaul. I figure I'll never be actually sailing at night.