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LED Interior Lighting

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Has anyone replaced their dome light with an LED type? I'd also like to replace my "torpedo" light with an LED. I've seen a couple of (pricey) products (dome light) from Whelen in the Spruce catalog. I thought I read about some small LED task lights in a ball and socket type apparatus, but haven't found them available for retail.

What additional products/suppliers are available? Would any of this require a 337 or just a log entry?

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Cockpit lighting

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Mike,
Check out http://www.cockpitlights.com. He says that "no 337 form is needed." This product is also available from Aircraft Spruce. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/e ... lights.php

Does anybody have a source for our instrument panel light sockets? Its listed as p/n 0411035-1 in fig. 37-61 and as p/n 0411035 in fig. 41-12 of the C-170B catalog. If they are no longer available, what have you all used as a replacement?

Gary
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Re: Cockpit lighting

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n2582d wrote: Does anybody have a source for our instrument panel light sockets? Its listed as p/n 0411035-1 in fig. 37-61 and as p/n 0411035 in fig. 41-12 of the C-170B catalog. If they are no longer available, what have you all used as a replacement?

Gary
When I rebuilt my panel I went with Nulites. A bit pricey and you need to remove each instrument to install, but they are a very nice unit.
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Post by N170CT »

Now...this is a cheap idea :idea: , but it appears workable.

I recently purchased two small red led panels which replace the ash trays in the side panels. Each uses two AAA batteries and seem to bath the cockpit in soft red light. No STC required, no wires, just remove ashtrays and insert the panels. Have not had an opportunity to use them yet, but they were inexpensive. These came from a firm specializing in interior plastic parts for the Cessna line whose name I cannot recall :oops: at this moment, but will if someone is interested.

By the way, I also have the two "torpedo" type lights in the overhead, but they are so dim as to be almost worthless :( .

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Printing Interior Light Data

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Any computer guru's out there that can advise a computer challenged :oops: person how to adjust his computer so it will print all of a page rather than cut off a portion (small) of the right side of a page? I have this problem when printing printed documents, etc such as those found on the interior light websites and sometimes on a printed document I pull off the internet.

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Post by tshort »

Chuck-
I'd be interested in the source for the LED ashtray replacements - that sounds like a great idea!

EDIT-
Google found it in a few seconds .... was this it?:

http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/


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Post by Bruce Fenstermacher »

Ole Pokey this is a function of the web page which is wider than your printer margins. Some web pages intended for printing have a printer friendly version of the page which will fit most printer margins.

You could try printing in landscape (sideways on the paper) rather portrait (the normal way). You change this in page setup under the file menu of your browser.
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170C wrote:Any computer guru's out there that can advise a computer challenged :oops: person how to adjust his computer so it will print all of a page rather than cut off a portion (small) of the right side of a page? I have this problem when printing printed documents, etc such as those found on the interior light websites and sometimes on a printed document I pull off the internet.

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N9149A wrote:Ole Pokey this is a function of the web page which is wider than your printer margins. Some web pages intended for printing have a printer friendly version of the page which will fit most printer margins.

You could try printing in landscape (sideways on the paper) rather portrait (the normal way). You change this in page setup under the file menu of your browser.
or you could also try making it an image then reducing it
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Post by CraigH »

Wow! Those ashlights look like a really neat idea - if they don't put TOO much light into the cockpit. I'd love to hear from someone who has actually used them.

Currently, this is what I'm using for night flights:
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Post by tshort »

Those petzl lights are great - I keep a Zipka (the retractable cord one) in the plane all the time. I have a couple of others that I use while camping, fishing, etc and have yet to need to change the batteries. They have available a red lens for them that makes them great for aviation use...

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Post by CraigH »

Yep, I've got both green and red lenses for mine. Looks a little goofy, but it sure was cheaper than installing panel lights for the minimal amount of night flying that I do.
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Re: Printing Interior Light Data

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170C wrote:Any computer guru's out there that can advise a computer challenged :oops: person how to adjust his computer so it will print all of a page rather than cut off a portion (small) of the right side of a page? I have this problem when printing printed documents, etc such as those found on the interior light websites and sometimes on a printed document I pull off the internet.

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It might well be Gary's link to Aircraft Spruce that stretched the page. I know, it is a pain in the you know what :(

Maybe Gary would edit his post to put the link at the beginning of the next line and we can see if that fixes it.

I have no idea how to "or you could also try making it an image then reducing it like below " and that sems like it should be unneccesary. :roll:
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Post by Bruce Fenstermacher »

This thread was stretched to accommodate Falcons image of the thread. Images really need to be sized down in most cased no more that 500 pixels wide.

Falcon perhaps you could do that to you image for us. :D
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Instrument light sockets

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Regarding the instrument light sockets, Neal Wright on the Cessna 120-140 website was able to locate them for me. They are made by SPC Technology, Type LSL-11-151U and are available from Newark.com. Newark's p/n for the socket is 81N2568. Check out Neal's informative article on instrument panel lights.

The following ought to stimulate some discussion! I'm planning on using clear rather than red bulbs for instrument lights. I also plan to paint my instrument panel and the back of the instrument panel cover white--hoping that will help illuminate the panel. At http://stlplaces.com/night_vision.html. the author states that “The red filtered light at the intensity most people use is likely decreasing night vision much more than a properly dimmed white or blue-green light would!” On the A-300/A-310, and I believe most other jets, there isn’t a red instrument light to be found.

Gary
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Post by N170CT »

Thomas,

Your website is correct. And FWIW, they fit well in the receptacle.

chuck
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