INA201 Posted October 1, 2018 Report Posted October 1, 2018 Anyone try these guys for overhead and glareshield? Do they dim? https://m.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/marketled.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm8KB__bj3QIVycDACh2a3QG7EAQYASABEgKLVPD_BwE
jaylw314 Posted October 1, 2018 Report Posted October 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, INA201 said: Anyone try these guys for overhead and glareshield? Do they dim? https://m.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/marketled.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm8KB__bj3QIVycDACh2a3QG7EAQYASABEgKLVPD_BwE There are other posts about LED lamps, but generally, they do not work well with the rheostat dimmers on most Mooney's. If there are any incandescent bulbs, the LED's will suck up all the current, so if you try to turn down the rheostat, you'll wind up with very dim incandescent bulbs and almost fully bright LED's. If it's on a switched circuit and there is no dimmer, it will probably work ok. The alternative is to install a PWM (pulse width modulation) dimmer, which works with both LED's and incandescent lights. Some might question whether this introduces RF intereference, but there are a couple people who've installed them. Then there's the question of whether installing interior light bulbs is allowed by the owner (it seems the answer is technically no).
Marauder Posted October 1, 2018 Report Posted October 1, 2018 Anyone try these guys for overhead and glareshield? Do they dim?https://m.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/marketled.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm8KB__bj3QIVycDACh2a3QG7EAQYASABEgKLVPD_BwE I tried them. My rheostat didn't adjust them. Eventually went with a PWM and strip LEDs. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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