how many of you are using led nav lights?

[rbridges]

I noticed one of my nav lights went bad.  Just replaced the other one a few months ago.  Thinking about replacing just the nav lights with led bulbs?  Anyone having issues radio noise?  Not wanting to turn this into a legality thread, just wanting an idea if people are using them and what they're using.

[gsengle]

I use LED landing and taxi lights. No issues.


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[rbridges]

Just now, gsengle said:

I use LED landing and taxi lights. No issues.


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Which ones did you get?  Read some reviews on spruce complaining of noise. 

[gsengle]

Wheelan parmetheus


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[PTK]

I installed the Whelen Orion 650 E. Dramatically lowered the amp draw, shed some weight and advanced the ACL/NAV lights to the latest and greatest hi tech. More pics in my gallery.

 

 

 

[Bennett]

No issues


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[Hank]

I get a low beep in the headsets from the Whelen LED belly strobe, but less than with the old high-voltage flasher. Nothing at all from the LED landing light, which is on all the time.

[yvesg]

I wax lucky enough (again) to win a set of Sextant LED navlights at the Mooney Caravan. I installed them in August. These do have the strobe feature. I have paid attention about EMI issues and all I have noted is a very low level noise in the headsets when they are turned on however the level is so low that I can only hear it when the radios are squelched. I am assuming that whatever oscillator they have makes it way (but not in a significant manner) to he supply voltage (12 V).

Yves

[NotarPilot]

8 hours ago, Hank said:

I get a low beep in the headsets from the Whelen LED belly strobe, but less than with the old high-voltage flasher. Nothing at all from the LED landing light, which is on all the time.

I have the same issue. I'm not bothered by it especially if I have my heavy metal music cranked up loud enough, I don't even hear it. I have a Whelen Parmetheus for the landing light, Whelen Orion 600 on the wingtips, Orion 500 on the tail and a Whelen LED beacon on the belly. 

 

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[Raptor05121]

14 hours ago, yvesg said:

I wax lucky enough (again) to win a set of Sextant LED navlights at the Mooney Caravan. I installed them in August. These do have the strobe feature. I have paid attention about EMI issues and all I have noted is a very low level noise in the headsets when they are turned on however the level is so low that I can only hear it when the radios are squelched. I am assuming that whatever oscillator they have makes it way (but not in a significant manner) to he supply voltage (12 V).

Yves

 

Can you wrap the power wire around a ferrite choke once to kill that noise?

[yvesg]

22 hours ago, Raptor05121 said:

Can you wrap the power wire around a ferrite choke once to kill that noise?

Which wire? The one that connects to the switch? Possibly. 

My opinion is that the amount of noise added is not significant enough to mandate trying to decrease it by putting any low pass filter.

Yves

[Marauder]

Can you wrap the power wire around a ferrite choke once to kill that noise?

Which wire? The one that connects to the switch? Possibly. 
My opinion is that the amount of noise added is not significant enough to mandate trying to decrease it by putting any low pass filter.
Yves

It is interesting what can cause radio interference. The problem in the video was resolved by a ferrite filter on the JPI's annunicator lead. In my case, this interference was a safety issue. It caused so my interference on some frequencies that I could not hear ATC.

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[M20F-1968]

Using Whelen Nav lights all around.  No issues.  No noise with Whelen strobes. 

John Breda

[ArtVandelay]

On 10/27/2016 at 4:03 PM, M20F-1968 said:

Using Whelen Nav lights all around.  No issues.  No noise with Whelen strobes. 
John Breda

Ditto, Orion 650s and 500...unsynced and no noise.

[slowflyin]

Whelen Orion LEDs on the wingtips synced with the tail and I have a beep.    Coming in through the aux audio on the PMA8000BT.  I can turn the aux all the way down and it minimizes it but I can still hear it.