Hello.
If I were wanting to fork out some bucks I would consider this.
But look at the cost for a standard 250 watt aircraft landing light.
http://www.skygeek.com/25051.html
And, yes, 12 volts.
All of this is on a budget.
Hello.
If I were wanting to fork out some bucks I would consider this.
But look at the cost for a standard 250 watt aircraft landing light.
http://www.skygeek.com/25051.html
And, yes, 12 volts.
All of this is on a budget.
Sounds interesting,. If I had a truck I might give it a try. If I had a truck I would love to get one of those police helicopter HID searchlights mounted on it. You could light up the road bright as day with one of those.Originally Posted by KA5PIU
http://www.darthelicopterservices.co...archlight.html
Last edited by n2ize; 11-25-2010 at 06:46 PM.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Hello.
That requires 24 volts at around 60 amps as well as the cooling airflow provided by the aircraft, leave alone the price!
What I have done is within the budget of most any person here.
And, you do not need a truck for aircraft landing lights, 12 volts at 20 amps per lamp is very doable even for a motorcycle in intermittent service.
I have the larger batteries and have them mounted up as they are used for work lights, getting things moved or fueling at the beginning or end of the day so they may be on for up to an hour at a time.
When fueling or jump starting I never run any engine, safety first another reason for large batteries.
Remember that this is a work truck by every meaning of the word.
"If I had a truck I would love to get one of those police helicopter HID searchlights mounted on it."
I'm sure other motorists would appreciate that.
"You could light up the road bright as day with one of those."
I could but I won't, it's not called the Night Sun for nothing. At 30 million candlepower (32 Lux @ 1km) you'd get that deer in the headlights look from miles away. Any closer you could take one home already cooked, instant venison steak. You might have a bit of trouble however powering that xenon short-arc lamp, it requires 65A @ 28VDC to operate.
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73 de Warren KB2VXA
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When you're a lighting freak, like I am, you'll find a way to run almost anything.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
i could run rudys 24 volt lights on the forklifts at work...lol
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some people are like slinkys, not really good for anything, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Looks like those headlights have been treated with silicone...
73 de Mike, N5RLR
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I was wondering about the twelve volt versus twenty four volt thing. Most aircraft I either was PIC or right seat in had twenty-four volt systems.
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Hello.
Most smaller aircraft are 12 volts with a very small lead-acid battery.
As was pointed out in the video, 20 amps is a lot of current in a small aircraft.
In fact the battery in a Bell 47 helicopter is rated at 23 amp-hours.
In the Cessna skymaster there is normally only one alternator but adding one to the other engine is frequently done.
In the old avionics it was just a matter of policy to not turn anything on until after the engine was running to speed.
Aircraft radios are very low power to this day, a 20 watt transmitter is very high power.
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