32 Volt combination masthead light question

[Briankinley2004]

The 32V combo masthead/anchor light on my boat has seen the end of its life. It uses a surgical lamp type bulb that is almost impossible to find and now the plastic housing has broken. I am having difficulty finding a similar lamp however I did find a Perko 1197 combo that uses either a 12V or 24V festoon bulb. My thoughts were to buy this one and put a 32V festoon bulb in it. I emailed Perko to make sure if this was ok and their response was "sorry we do not offer this in 32V at this time" Not answering my question. What are those of you with 32 volt systems using for combination mast head/anchor. My boat is too long to just use an all around white light. I know I can put a convertor down by the switch and somehow wire both the anchor & nav legs to it but dont really want to be dependant on that if it were to go out. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[GJH]

Light fixtures are rated in watts. So 10 watt 32v bulbs will work in there. Personally I would get one of Marinebeam's cheap converters and put a 12 volt LED in there. They know Hatteras and Perko issues pretty well, worth giving them a call.
https://store.marinebeam.com/hattera...-dc-converter/

[Briankinley2004]

GJH thats the convertor I was thinking about. I am wondering about its reliability since nav lights are safety issue. I suppose I could buy two and have a spare on board in case it went out. I will see if I can call them

[Briankinley2004]

George I called them and they dont offer a combination but their convertor will allow me to use the Perko fixture. I am going to have to figure out where the supply wire to the nav/anchor switch is and put it inline there to make both legs 12 volt. There is already a spider web of wires behind the panel that this switch is on and I would rather not contribute more. He said their deal is good for up to 3 amps. I will probably go LED in case both bulbs wind up being on at the same time or I want to add something else to it. FYI he also said in a month or so they are hoping to come out with a bulb that will do forward or all around in a fixture but I cant wait for that as mine is out

[Briankinley2004]

I am thinking now I will just buy the convertor and put in the breaker panel for nav lights. At 3 amps 12 volts should handle 36 watts. I can change the bulbs on all my nav lights to 12 volt LED and be below that threshold. The LED bulbs Marine beam sells are 2 watts. I will need to keep a spare convertor on hand though because if it goes I wont have any nav lights.

[dottieshusband]

My 2 cents is that many times, a 24v bulb will work just fine in a 32v fixture. In fact, the eyeball lights in my aft guest Stateroom are spec'd 24v from Hatteras! But it's 32v in the circuit. Many, many LED replacement bulbs will handle 32v just fine also, and I've got some that says 12 to 36v. So try a 24v bulb in there, may not last quite as long, but will often work just fine.