airhound Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Is the G3 plug and play for the Parmetheus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 14 hours ago, airhound said: Is the G3 plug and play for the Parmetheus? It should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 14 hours ago, airhound said: Is the G3 plug and play for the Parmetheus? Whelen told me that the new light will be 100% plug and play. Ordered the other day and it's out for delivery today! Hopefully Sunday I can find time to run up to the hangar and plug it in! I'll report back. I went with the landing light over the taxi per Whelens recommendation. However my reason for wanting a new light was my inability to see around easily when trying to taxi at night and not landing however she said this is so much brighter taxi should no longer be an issue. Thanks everyone for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tip Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Be very careful when trying out your new bulb without installing it. I did that one time and shorted out the headlight circuit, popping the breaker. The 12 volts to ground, destroyed my PS intercom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Tip said: Be very careful when trying out your new bulb without installing it. I did that one time and shorted out the headlight circuit, popping the breaker. The 12 volts to ground, destroyed my PS intercom. Lost me? I'll give you a call on my lunch break if ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhound Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 A2k….good luck, anything you learn on the installation is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 11:52 AM, Tip said: Be very careful when trying out your new bulb without installing it. I did that one time and shorted out the headlight circuit, popping the breaker. The 12 volts to ground, destroyed my PS intercom. Odd that it messed up your intercom. One thing I noticed on my SW is the center panel switches get buss power to the switches by daisy chaining and then each switch goes to the circuit breaker and then to the appliance, completely backwards. There is no circuit protection from the buss to the circuit breaker. If it shorts there, either the main circuit breaker pops or the wire burns. I have never seen this on any aircraft and I've done a lot of wiring, it is not acceptable. I changed all my CT wiring to what is correct, buss to breaker to switch to appliance. I am going to assume your intercom is on your light circuit so if it is wired in series with the light then they both become fuses when shorted. The CT as a whole has some of the worst wiring I have ever seen on any aircraft, so I have redone all mine, and without the spade connected circuit breakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Half way there! Can’t decide if I need the rubber ring tbst came w the new light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Finished but have another concern. Fire sleeve torn my exhaust see my upcomin post. Light seems as plug and play as you can get. View my previous posts and you can see my lack of skills with these things. Took me an hour and a half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardT Posted December 7, 2022 Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 Wow. Now that’s a landing light! I want one! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Yeah, it definitely brightened things up for me! Well worth the $250 I think. Especially for how easy the install was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 11/24/2022 at 6:40 PM, RichardT said: I have a 2008 CTLS with the 2 in halogen. I called Tom Gutmann at Airtime Aviation and he sold me this LED drop in replacement. And how good is this light Richard? Are you happy with it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardT Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 The main reason I got the drop-in LED replacement was to lower the electrical load on my system. I think this lamp pulls little more than 1 amp. I like having the light on when I am in the pattern or approaching the field regardless of time of day. As a sport pilot I personally don’t land after civil twilight, however, I would recommend modifying the lower cowling and incorporating the larger and brighter LED for actual night landings in the CT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 12 hours ago, RichardT said: The main reason I got the drop-in LED replacement was to lower the electrical load on my system. I think this lamp pulls little more than 1 amp. I like having the light on when I am in the pattern or approaching the field regardless of time of day. As a sport pilot I personally don’t land after civil twilight, however, I would recommend modifying the lower cowling and incorporating the larger and brighter LED for actual night landings in the CT. With a drop-in LED SORAA landing light in my CTSW, I leave mine on all the time. They have a 35,000hr life. Mine comes on right after engine start and lasted that way for seven years. It only died because it got fried when I had a voltage regulator failure and runaway voltage. I replaced it for about 35 bucks and expect the new one to outlast me. IMO, if you have an LED landing light there's no reason to not just leave it on to increase your overall visibility, unless you're blinding somebody or in a cloud/fog/mist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 12/5/2022 at 9:23 PM, Animosity2k said: Half way there! Can’t decide if I need the rubber ring tbst came w the new light Hmm, question: How do you take the lower cowl off, do you have to unscrew those wire terminals every time? I might put in some kind of quick connect on those wires so you can just pop the wires off without tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 3 hours ago, FlyingMonkey said: Hmm, question: How do you take the lower cowl off, do you have to unscrew those wire terminals every time? I might put in some kind of quick connect on those wires so you can just pop the wires off without tools. Just clip the wires and put spade or bullet connectors in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 My guess is that it already had connectors, and he wasn't looking in the right spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardT Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 Yes, my CTLS already has bullet connectors. Probably installed by previous owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animosity2k Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 Mine had connectors! Easy to slide on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 I don't think I have seen one that didn't have connectors. I have swapped out the bullet connectors for a Deans Ultra plug on a few in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I like shrouded spade connectors (shrouding on both the male and female end). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 Whatever type of connector it is, it needs to slide apart easily. 90% of the time I forget to unconnect it before dropping the lower cowl. It would be nice if it could automatically reconnect too. Half of my upper cowl removals are to reattach it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Mike Koerner said: Half of my upper cowl removals are to reattach it. Checklist don't just have to be for flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BravoFoxtrot Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 5:59 PM, Tom Baker said: I don't think I have seen one that didn't have connectors. I have swapped out the bullet connectors for a Deans Ultra plug on a few in the past. Did you use the standard Ultra connectors or the high temperature ones? Did you solder the wires to the tabs or use another method? Anything special to deal with possible vibration issues? Any problems since you installed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 9 hours ago, BravoFoxtrot said: Did you use the standard Ultra connectors or the high temperature ones? Did you solder the wires to the tabs or use another method? Anything special to deal with possible vibration issues? Any problems since you installed them? Yes, Dean's Ultra, soldered, and it was still working well the last time I saw the airplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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