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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 21 Feb 2023, 08:58 |
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Joined: 01/09/11 Posts: 117 Post Likes: +108 Location: KBKT
Aircraft: Mooney M20M Bravo
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Username Protected wrote: Have installed one on my 12V 1972 F33A, but it's flickering and not bright. Cockpit Voltage indication shows 13.8 as it should.
Testing it on the bench with 12V pwr supply works well...
Does anyone have an idea, what might be wrong? Have you checked the voltage where the wires terminate at the LED? If not, check it without the bulb and with the circuit loaded with the bulb.
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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 22 Feb 2023, 09:10 |
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Joined: 06/18/12 Posts: 8764 Post Likes: +6496 Company: Gallagher Aviation LLC Location: Cincinnati, OH (I69)
Aircraft: 1960 Bonanza M35
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Username Protected wrote: Have installed one on my 12V 1972 F33A, but it's flickering and not bright. Cockpit Voltage indication shows 13.8 as it should.
Testing it on the bench with 12V pwr supply works well...
Does anyone have an idea, what might be wrong? Andreas I'm not a mechanic but I'd check for a lose connection somewhere in the wiring. If you think the lamp is bad, here is a link to the warranty procedure. I've never seen a G3 fail before but certainly possible. https://flywat.com/pages/warranties-trademarks
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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 05:45 |
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Joined: 08/25/20 Posts: 26 Post Likes: +3 Location: Austria
Aircraft: 1972 F33A
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Username Protected wrote: Andreas I'm not a mechanic but I'd check for a lose connection somewhere in the wiring. If you think the lamp is bad, here is a link to the warranty procedure. I've never seen a G3 fail before but certainly possible. https://flywat.com/pages/warranties-trademarksHi James, did exactly that - turned out it was a bad ground wire. Replaced it and now it's fine! Thanks for your advice!
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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 06 Mar 2023, 09:32 |
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Joined: 06/18/12 Posts: 8764 Post Likes: +6496 Company: Gallagher Aviation LLC Location: Cincinnati, OH (I69)
Aircraft: 1960 Bonanza M35
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I have an excellent inventory of these PAR-36 and PAR-46 G3 LED landing and taxi lights. The PAR-36 size (4.5" diameter) comes as a taxi light (50 degree flood light) or a landing light (12 degree spot light). For many later model Bonanzas, you need the PAR-36 size for your nose bowl and the lamp on your landing gear. For older model Bonanzas you are looking at the larger PAR-46 size. The mid sixties models saw many V tails with a PAR-46 size lamp on the nose gear (it is the non-steerable light fixture) so I recommend installing a G3 PAR-36 taxi light in the nose bowl because the PAR-46 size only comes as a landing light. If you order today, they ship today. https://www.gallagheraviationllc.com/-L ... _c_26.html <-- Link to website 1-833-425-5288 <-- Call me gallagheraviationllc@gmail.com <-- Email me
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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 10:54 |
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Joined: 06/18/12 Posts: 8764 Post Likes: +6496 Company: Gallagher Aviation LLC Location: Cincinnati, OH (I69)
Aircraft: 1960 Bonanza M35
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Username Protected wrote: I keep getting comments on how ridiculously bright my G3 are (four landing + 1 taxi) Is it possible to add more . I have 5 and I think I'm at my physical limit with the M-35.
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Post subject: Re: FS: New WAT G3 Landing & Taxi Light Posted: 13 Sep 2023, 14:13 |
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Joined: 11/06/20 Posts: 1318 Post Likes: +1302 Location: Tulsa, OK - KRVS
Aircraft: C501SP
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My plane came with 2 Parmetheus Plus lights mounted on the MLG that are my only taxi/landing lights. The Plus work fine but when James sent out the OSH specials I decided to take advantage and upgrade to the G3. When I first tried to install them we ran into an issue. As soon as I turned on the battery switch the lights came on. Digging up the schematics, my plane switches to ground to activate. We eventually figured out there is an extended bit of the heatsink that isn't there on the Plus model. You can see it here: Attachment: PXL_20230811_201712245.jpg This tab was touching the housing and grounding the light; despite that the documentation states that the heatsink is electrically isolated from the negative terminal. I reached out to James who contacted WAT. No answer on why the heatsink was connected to the negative terminal but he did confirm that we could remove the tab. So a little hacksaw and dremel work and it was gone: Attachment: PXL_20230823_150118195.jpg Now to the results. I haven't yet flown with them but so far, I LOVE THEM. Here is a side-by-side. Parmetheus Plus on the right (viewer's right/aircraft's port) and G3 on the left: Attachment: G3Front.jpg The G3 is warmer and visibly brighter although my initial thought was that it could just be a wider angle sending more light to my eyes. But then I turned around and looked at the hangar door (I don't know how to turn off the lights and didn't want to go ask). Again, G3 on the right, Plus on the left. You can barely tell the left is on while the right is really lighting up the door. Attachment: door-1.jpg Finally, here is the hangar door with both G3s installed: Attachment: door-2.jpg May have a night flight in a few weeks. I am looking forward to it!
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