Lukon Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 My landing light quit on me the other night on approach after working for fine at taxi and takeoff. I cycled the switch and it felt like a breaker not wanting to engage. After I was on the ground taxiing fir a bit, I was able to cycle the switch and it worked fine again. Is it pulling too much power? Would replacing it with an LED landing light solve the issue? Is there a reasonably priced option out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctsurf Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 probably just old breaker/switch. I've got a similar problem with my position lights breaker. I have to make certain not to try to turn off the switch when I want to turn it back on again. Needs replacement. I really want to just rewire with separate breakers and switches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 LED draws lots less current. Amazon sells a PAR 46 LED work light manufactured by Wheelen. For your tractor of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browncbr1 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Breaker switches do go bad. My pitot heat switch went bad like that. It trips after about a minute or so. In any case, aside from the switch, Go ahead and get an LED and don’t look back. You’ll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasturepilot Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 I replaced my landing light and fuel pump switches with new old stock ones I found online. Easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 @Lukon Somebody reported the same challenge yesterday... Wednesday... When you don’t feel the click... the CB switch is telling you that it has worn out... there is that spring loaded over center thing you can learn a lot about... Mooneys have a few over-center mechanical things that work best when adjusted properly and are replaced when worn... PP thoughts only, not a mechanic... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cferr59 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 My LED landing light was doing this. I found that the wire insulation had rubbed trough and bare wire was rubbing against the negative terminal and shorting out intermittently. Fortunately, whoever wired it left some extra wire so I removed the bad portion of the wire and installed a new ring terminal. So, at least double check the wire going to the light before replacing anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 The other good thing is the landing light circuit is in the realm of preventive maintenance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyTraveler Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I had this same problem. I switched to an LED landing light in 2015 and have never had the circuit pop again. The current draw seems to be WAY less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 29 minutes ago, BlueSkyTraveler said: I had this same problem. I switched to an LED landing light in 2015 and have never had the circuit pop again. The current draw seems to be WAY less. I switched to LED in 2014, and it's only been turned off twice since then--halfway through a pitot static check and once during annual. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukon Posted December 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Can anyone recommend a good, economical LED landing light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amillet Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Lukon said: Can anyone recommend a good, economical LED landing light? Contact @LANCECASPER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 8:30 PM, Yetti said: LED draws lots less current. Amazon sells a PAR 46 LED work light manufactured by Wheelen. For your tractor of course. This is probably the best solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 These are examples of the right size for a PAR46:https://www.amazon.com/Whelen-PAR-46-Super-LED-Steady-8-DEGREE/dp/B009LQG64S/ This one is very similar, supposedly brighter, and less expensive:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N49Y147/ref=psdc_15730331_t1_B009LQG64S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 I purchased the AeroLites Fusion PAR46 and couldn't be happier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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