REFLECTOR: Re: [c-a] HID landing lights wholesale - one time offer
Richard Riley
Richard at Riley.net
Thu Mar 17 09:27:59 CST 2005
Yes, the older technology is lighter.
The newer technology puts out about 4 times as much
light. http://speedmods.com/images/bbeamcomp.jpg
At 07:00 AM 3/17/05, Dale Martin wrote:
>Rich,
>
>$350... WOW! I've never changed my landing light since 1986 (new) and to
>qualify that my log book shows 312 night landings in 1188 total
>hours. I'm thinking the bulb I have is somewhat durable and at the price
>tag you mention for the HID landing light, the older technology is well
>worth it and I'll bet much lighter. Thanks for doing all the homework so
>I could make an informed decision ;-)
>
>Dale Martin
>LEZ
>Lewiston,ID
>=============================
>
>
>Richard Riley wrote:
>>I am putting together a batch order for HID landing lights. I can get them
>>wholesale if I buy several, and enough people have committed that I can do
>>the order. I only intend to do this one time. I may do it again in a few
>>years - but then again, I may not.
>>They are PAR-36 lights, which is a standard landing light
>>configuration. It's a round light, 4 5/16" diameter with a parabolic
>>reflector. The landing light has a beam spread of 9 degrees. The taxi
>>light is 10 degrees beam spread vertical, 55 degrees horizontal. Either
>>one is the same price.
>>The bulb is a Panasonic D1S, and it uses a Panasonic ballast. The ballast
>>is 3"x3"x1", and weighs a little over a half a pound. They're both third
>>generation, the current commercial state of the art. It's a 35 watt bulb,
>>the ballast uses about 42 watts. The cable from the ballast to the bulb
>>comes with it, and is either half a meter or 1 meter long, your choice.
>>Because there's no filament the bulb has a very long life, in the thousands
>>of hours. It's immune to vibration so you can mount it on an engine cowl
>>or on a landing gear without affecting the life of the bulb. Because it
>>takes several seconds to warm up it can't be used in a wig-wag setup
>>The form of the bulb is the same as, for example, the GE 4509 that Aircraft
>>Spruce sells. The connector on the back of the bulb is larger, because it
>>contains the igniter for the bulb, so you may have to modify your mounting
>>system to take that into account. You can see a picture of a very similar
>>light here
>><http://www.aerovisions.com/pic/XV-par-kit.jpg>http://www.aerovisions.com/pic/XV-par-kit.jpg
>>
>>(I'm NOT selling XeVision lights. That's just a picture of their PAR-36.)
>>I'm not making any money on them. They're $350, which just covers my cost
>>and shipping.
>>They come WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. They're pretty simple - plug in the cable
>>to the light and the ballast, attach the ballast power leads red to 12v
>>positive, black to 12v negative, and they come on. I'm not providing any
>>customer support - if you think you're going to need help, you should buy
>>from XeVision for $535, or Lo Presti for $948. If you can't make it fit in
>>your airplane, you're stuck.
>>Let me be very clear about that. I personally guarantee two things - that
>>the lights will show up at your door in about a month, and that when you
>>put voltage to them light will come out the clear part. For absolutely
>>everything else you're on your own. Caveat Emptor. I'm not going to try
>>to sell you on this, you either want it or you don't.
>>These are the only models I'm doing. I can get some other configurations
>>but none of them are as narrow a beam and I've never seen, touched or
>>played with them, so I don't know if they'll fit where you want to put them
>>and I can't swear to the dimensions that the factory gives me. Please
>>don't ask for custom housings, discounts or different colors. The PAR-36
>>landing and taxi lights are the only ones I'm offering.
>>For payment I'll take Paypal or checks. If you want to use a credit card
>>through paypal, it will be an extra $10, because that's about what it costs
>>me. I need people to pre-pay, I don't want to float $3000 on my credit
>>cards, and I don't want to be stuck with half a dozen HID lights bought on
>>spec.
>>That's all the information I have about them. If you have a specific
>>question I'll try to answer it, but if you want more general information,
>>that's all I have.
>>
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