LED anchor light

[hweebe]

I have one of the extendable plug-in led anchor lights from whitworths but am finding that seawater is collecting in the plug and corroding the contacts causing the led to lose the electrical contact. Any suggestions to prevent this from happening?

[docaster]

I have one of the extendable plug-in led anchor lights from whitworths but am finding that seawater is collecting in the plug and corroding the contacts causing the led to lose the electrical contact. Any suggestions to prevent this from happening?

Can you drill a drain hole in the bottom.

[hweebe]

Docaster there is already a hole provided for water to drain out but just the initial contact with saltwater is sticking to the contacts causing a greenish corrosion layer that prevents the contacts from touching. But I might try drilling a larger hole though

[hweebe]

Is there some type of conductive grease that I could use?

[Triple]

Dielectric grease from any decent auto/boating/hardware store.

[frontflip90]

have you thought about just putting an led globe in it

[CATchin'Em]

You will find that most of those style lights all fit on the same base, which is lucky for me because I used stainless screws into alloy to hold the base and the buggers are stuck fast.

Don't worry marto unless you put an dissimilar metal paste on it they will be corroded out already anyway so will come out easy as.

[odieman150]

Is there some type of conductive grease that I could use?

Have had the problem with the plug-in pole in the past and replaced it with the same unit as i like being able to get it out of the way during daylight hours. Keep a can of lanotec in the boat and give it a squirt now and then. Have had no problems for about 3 years now