REFLECTOR: HID lamp cable length

[jewen at comporium.net]

Brian,

Are you considering installing in the leading edge of the canard.  I believe I read on the reflector in the past that someone tried to install a light in the canard leading edge and the len's radius was too sharp and it diffused the light to the point it was not effective.  You might want to try your lamp with a lens of the canard raduis before you start cutting into the canard.

Joe

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:07:51 -0500
>From: Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com>  
>Subject: REFLECTOR: HID lamp cable length  
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>
>Andy,
>
>In your browsing of the net, did you find any limitations on cable length?
>
>If I were to figure out how to make this work as a canard taxi light, it 
>would be nice to mount the ballast in the fuselage.
>
>For the more expensive D series, where the igniter is mounted to the 
>lamp, what else is it good for?  Is that where the current regulation 
>happens?  It seems that RF noise from current regulation would not be a 
>significant problem.  I can see that ignition phase would be very noisy.
>
>I need to find a site of someone who has dissected a lamp and discusses 
>theory of operation.
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