wrote in
:

My problem with all the LED lights and conversions for the
mini-mags is that
they are all *too* bright. My plane has red flood and a dozen or so
red bulbs behind the panel. I've bought into the theory that the
least possible amount of light you can use the better your night
vision will remain. A second's blast of white from a minimag will
blow out my night vision.

I don't use any of these in the cockpit, they're only for preflighting,
etc. The white LEDs do help with seeing oil levels in sight gauges. In
the cockpit, I use a green LED lip light that I made. I also have a
headlamp with a green LED for a backup, but it's a very bright LED and a
little too bright for normal use. It's OK for me, but it distracts my
copilot. The lip light works well for us, and he talked me into building
one for him.

--
Regards,

Stan