Deck lights

Saltyone

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My 265 has the flood lights on each side of the tower, but there are also a couple of lights in the lower panels. I haven't been able to figure out how to turn those on. The bulbs appear to be ok.

Is there a switch I'm not seeing or are they supposed to come on when I turn on the upper flood lights?

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Should be wired into the courtesy circuit. Pop the light out and follow the wire. A previous owner may have not liked their position and cut the wires.
 

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Courtesy lights on switch panel. I never use them. Thought about changing to blue led for "hanging at the boat" ambiance. One of these years...

I replaced Halogen spreaders with LED. I just use that.
 
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Courtesy lights on switch panel. I never use them. Thought abought changing to blue led for "hanging at the boat" ambiance. One of these years...

I replaced Halogen spreaders with LED. I just use that.
That's what i was looking to do, go with blue led.
 

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Replace them with an LED. Should be a simple swap out.
 

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The switch on mine is on the switch panel at the helm. I changed mine out of blue LED and since they came in a 4 pack have replaced the two that were in place and also installed two on the stern hatches. Certainly light up the deck at dusk.
 

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Replaced mine with blue LED, Partsam 3" round nav lights in chrome, 6-2835-SMD, $16 for the pair from Amazon. They're a near identical match and installation was easy but they are pretty bright and I honestly don't use them much, granted they were listed as transom mount stern anchor lamps so it's likely just a poor choice on my part but they were the closest match I could find at the time. Wired into the courtesy switch at the dash.
 
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