Everyone knows the value of LED lights, right??
Much lower power consumption, much less heat, longer life, etc…
A few weeks ago I noticed that my right wingtip position light on the RV-4 was not working.
A new “aviation light” was about $35. How’s that for ridiculous!!
A new SET – all three position lights – of AeroLED position lights was $57.
Leave it to aviation. Where else would you find much better LED lights to be more affordable that “FAA Approved” incandescent lights?? I sure wish the government ran health care system – imagine how much better it would be given their track record! 🙂
Guess which one I purchased??
Yup – the LED’s.
I installed those LED lights recently and it’s as easy as you can imagine. The thing that caught my attention was the heat produced by the old, incandescent lights. I know… no surprise but still… I was surprised!
The not-working bulb was replaced and I turned on the position lights to admire my work. Since I’m lazy, I decided to replace the other lights without walking all the way back to cockpit to turn off the lights.
When I attempted to remove the next light bulb, I was shocked at how hot it was – including the light fixture!! The third light was the same – very, very hot!! I guess I’ve been dealing with only LED’s for so long now that I’ve forgotten how much heat incandescent bulbs produce.
It’s been like this for thirty years – in my airplane – far longer for incandescent light bulbs – so I know the components can take the heat. Nonetheless; I sure feel better with the LED lights and not having a burning cinder glowing at three ends of my airplane!! 🙂
if you need a LED spotlight, i suggest this one out to 150 yds
very sturdy
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AVJ9VEA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Looks good Dave.
Red white and green, your ready for Christmas!
Your right!! 🙂 Come to think of it – maybe I should run a string of Christmas lights around the cockpit too!!
A tail position light that is bright and can be seen! The FAA will ban that in no time at all. They should be 1920’s dim glow with a PMA stamp on it.
You are doing great improvements on that bird. Good for you sir.