bonal Posted February 19, 2018 Report Posted February 19, 2018 Last flight I noticed the gear unsafe light was inop. Bench tested and would not light. So the question is how to extract the bulb from the housing. sorry about the poor image quality IPad camera not very good. Thanks for any advise on this little sucker. Quote
MB65E Posted February 19, 2018 Report Posted February 19, 2018 It Should pop out from the shell on the back side. See if a little needle nose can make the bulb spin in the housing. -Matt 1 Quote
EricJ Posted February 19, 2018 Report Posted February 19, 2018 It should pop out. A little penetrating oil or something might help. 1 Quote
Yetti Posted February 19, 2018 Report Posted February 19, 2018 pull down on the bulb.... and has anyone found an led replacement for the GE 303? 1 Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted February 19, 2018 Report Posted February 19, 2018 you can take a knife and pry the flange out. 2 Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 37 minutes ago, Yetti said: pull down on the bulb.... and has anyone found an led replacement for the GE 303? So a light bulb that lasts 60 years isn't good enough for you? 2 2 Quote
Yetti Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 Since I now leave my landing light on all the time, the Landing light Annunciator gets awfully hot Quote
Guest Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 2 hours ago, bonal said: Last flight I noticed the gear unsafe light was inop. Bench tested and would not light. So the question is how to extract the bulb from the housing. sorry about the poor image quality IPad camera not very good. Thanks for any advise on this little sucker. Hold the knurled housing in one hand, pinch the base of the bulb with your thumb and finger nails and pull it from the base. A quick Google search of GE330 bulb pulls up LED versions as well. Clarence Quote
MB65E Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 https://www.aero-lites.com/ge-330-12v-post-light-replacement. spruce has them as well -Matt Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, MB65E said: https://www.aero-lites.com/ge-330-12v-post-light-replacement. spruce has them as well -Matt The bulbs on the page above are only good for 30000 hours, the bulbs on the Buy Now page are good for 50000 hours! Quote
bonal Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Posted February 20, 2018 Took a plier but that did it that little sucker did not want to come out. 2 Quote
MB65E Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 Just an example- haven't ordered anything from them. -Matt Quote
jaylw314 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Yetti said: Since I now leave my landing light on all the time, the Landing light Annunciator gets awfully hot You have a landing light annunciator? Quote
Hank Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, jaylw314 said: You have a landing light annunciator? He has one of those fancy, modern Fs with the landing light button on his huge throttle lever . . . . Such things were not included with my electric C . . . . Quote
Yetti Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 Also have a switch that can select white or red panel lights.... blue light along the glareshield is Landing light Quote
jaylw314 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Yetti said: Also have a switch that can select white or red panel lights.... blue light along the glareshield is Landing light Holy smokes, that blue does seem kind of bright. Maybe changing the overlay color to red might help your night vision? Quote
Marauder Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Yetti said: Since I now leave my landing light on all the time, the Landing light Annunciator gets awfully hot Spruce sells them. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/gereplacement.php Quote
Marauder Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Yetti said: Also have a switch that can select white or red panel lights.... blue light along the glareshield is Landing light The red lights are an add on? I don't have that switch on my 75. Quote
skydvrboy Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 I bought the replacement lights from https://www.aero-lites.com/ge-330-12v-post-light-replacement to replace all of my post lights. They claim they are "FULLY DIMMABLE" and they will dim a little, but are VERY bright even at their lowest setting. The guy there is great to work with as one of my LED's was DOA when I installed it. He sent me 3 replacement bulbs in case I had any others go out, so I used the extra two in my gear indicator lights. Quote
Yetti Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 I guess if I was enterprising, I would take the GE330 socket, unsolder the old bulb and then solder in a 330 ohm resistor and an LED of my liking. Quote
Yetti Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Marauder said: The red lights are an add on? I don't have that switch on my 75. Mine is a built in December 74 labeled 75 model and there is a switch below the Mixture lever on the throttle quadrant. Could have been an option? maybe? I believe it is talked about in the POH Edited February 20, 2018 by Yetti Quote
mooniac15u Posted February 20, 2018 Report Posted February 20, 2018 Replacing bulbs like that seems trivial but is there an actual legal basis for a pilot to do that work? I know position lights and landing lights are allowed but is the same true for interior bulbs? Quote
carusoam Posted February 21, 2018 Report Posted February 21, 2018 15U, The bulb that Bonal is discussing, came out of My M20C so easily... no tools were required... it looked like it was made from an old bullet casing... Left over WWII machinery redeployed...? I assumed it was on the list of things that can be changed by the pilot... In initial training, the CFI covers the, what to do if this bulb goes out... what bulbs can be replaced by others in the panel. Along with the rotate this knob to open and close the iris... a fact that gets lost over time, years of not flying at night... Anybody just find out that light fixture has an iris in it? (Twist to dim, untwist to brighten) Somebody new to their Mooney might appreciate this... Best regards, -a- Quote
ragedracer1977 Posted February 21, 2018 Report Posted February 21, 2018 14 hours ago, jaylw314 said: Holy smokes, that blue does seem kind of bright. Maybe changing the overlay color to red might help your night vision? I’ve heard an IA object to that specific topic. Red is only for “danger”, green for “things are good to go”, and blue for “it’s on”. Quote
carusoam Posted February 21, 2018 Report Posted February 21, 2018 I have a blue light on the panel (pre GTN days)... GPS is the source for navigation through the HSI... No blue light means the Nav1 (nav/com/ILS) is the source for the HSI... If the blue light is on and you are expecting to intercept the ILS... it’s not going to happen. When I first got my plane.. the PPI found the blue light was out... Pp thoughts only, not a CFI. Best regards, -a- Quote
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