"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:sVT2e.96462$SF.74440@lakeread08...
I have heard that 12V halogen bulbs do not last long running at absorption
charge voltages. A couple of smart regulators (Ample Power being one)
have
a halogen lighting feature that limits alternator output voltages. I
picked
up a couple of 40 amp DC/DC converters on eBay and was planning to use one
to power the electronics. Would it be worth while to use the other for
the
lighting circuits? Especially the nav lights which are harder to change
out.

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Glenn Ashmore

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I've never heard of any problems at absorption voltages, but most definitely
at equilization voltages. Almost all the incandescent lights on my boat are
halogen and not one has burned out in the 6 years I have owned the boat.
I'm in the process of replacing them all with flourescent.

Doug