Power LEDs

Jim,

I flew a Bonanza G-36 that the new owner had spent bazillions on. A
truly elegant
feature it had was some sort of strip of blue white LEDs under the
edge of the glare shield.

Overall effect was like the old 727s that had some flourescent lamp
under there.

So of course, I was wondering where one could find a few feet of
something similar
without paying what Beech paid for it!!

LEDs are the obvious solution for this one.

BIll Hale


On Jun 2, 9:06*am, "RST Engineering" wrote:
Much better, more light for the same current, LedEngin from Mouser. *Less
expensive and the packaging is far superior. *Coming up September issue, as
I recall.

Jim

--
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
* * * * --Aristotle

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JIm Weir,
I noted your article in the current issue of KP on LEDs.

I have purchased a small quanity of these. *hard to find as they were




recalled *- lens were coming off in production. *160 lm @ 1000ma
http://lumileds.com/pdfs/DS60.pdf
My plans are to create a Rudder TE light bar and strobe them.
Currently on the shelf with another project ahead of it.
Jim Heffelfinger
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Works and looks excellent.
Cheap.
Easy to get or build.

Pick any two. {;-)

Jim

--
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
--Aristotle


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Jim,

I flew a Bonanza G-36 that the new owner had spent bazillions on. A
truly elegant
feature it had was some sort of strip of blue white LEDs under the
edge of the glare shield.

Overall effect was like the old 727s that had some flourescent lamp
under there.

So of course, I was wondering where one could find a few feet of
something similar
without paying what Beech paid for it!!

LEDs are the obvious solution for this one.

BIll Hale


On Jun 2, 9:06 am, "RST Engineering" wrote:
Much better, more light for the same current, LedEngin from Mouser. Less
expensive and the packaging is far superior. Coming up September issue, as
I recall.

Jim

--
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
--Aristotle

wrote in message

...



JIm Weir,
I noted your article in the current issue of KP on LEDs.

I have purchased a small quanity of these. hard to find as they were




recalled - lens were coming off in production. 160 lm @ 1000ma
http://lumileds.com/pdfs/DS60.pdf
My plans are to create a Rudder TE light bar and strobe them.
Currently on the shelf with another project ahead of it.
Jim Heffelfinger
Sacramento- Hide quoted text -

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" wrote ...
...it had some sort of strip of blue white LEDs under
the edge of the glare shield.

So of course, I was wondering where one could find a few
feet of something similar without paying what Beech paid for it!!

About ten years back I saw a vendor at the shows who sold those strips. Not
cheap! Can't remember the name, but they also made custom cutout panel
covers IIRC.

Also, try a google for "electroluminescent strip", should find something in
the electrical hobbie arena.

Or, look about halfway down this link page for EL Products:

http://www.dansdata.com/glowthings.htm


Tangent:
They (linking further to the chinese vendor), these guys make luminescent
dial faces! How COOL would that make your panel look???

On 2008-06-03, Mike Isaksen wrote:
" wrote ...
...it had some sort of strip of blue white LEDs under
the edge of the glare shield.
About ten years back I saw a vendor at the shows who sold those strips. Not
cheap! Can't remember the name, but they also made custom cutout panel
covers IIRC.

Also, try a google for "electroluminescent strip", should find something in
the electrical hobbie arena.

Different stuff. EL wire/strips aren't LEDs; they use an inverter to produce
a signal of about 100 volts at a couple of kilohertz to drive the EL
portion. I'd be a little nervous about putting that in an aircraft: seems
like a good way to generate lots of RF hash.

EL wire is also a royal pain to work with. I should know: that's the glowing
stuff on the TRON costume.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 10 June)

"Jay Maynard" wrote ...
I'd be a little nervous about putting that in an aircraft:
seems like a good way to generate lots of RF hash.


Yeah, I was wondering about that when I saw the $7 12vdc inverter.
But the 1 inch by 12 inch strips are cheap enough to try:
http://www.glowhut.com/el-strip--el-panel.html

And here's a homebuilder's site that came up:
http://www.aircraftextras.com/EL-Panel1.htm
from a google "electroluminescent strip airplane".


EL wire is also a royal pain to work with. I should know:
that's the glowing stuff on the TRON costume.
--

I yield to a Master when I see one! ;-)

Hey where are you at in the countdown?

On 2008-06-03, Mike Isaksen wrote:
seems like a good way to generate lots of RF hash.
Yeah, I was wondering about that when I saw the $7 12vdc inverter.
But the 1 inch by 12 inch strips are cheap enough to try:
http://www.glowhut.com/el-strip--el-panel.html

Yeah. I'd stick a couple of them in the airplane and exercise all of the
radios before committing to a full EL illumination system.

Hey where are you at in the countdown?

The aircraft came out of the paint shop this morning; they're putting the
finishing touches on it this week, and test flying it late this week and
early next week. I'm going to the factory Tuesday to look it over and take
delivery.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 10 June)

"Jay Maynard" wrote...
I'm going to the factory Tuesday to look
it over and take delivery.


Nice! Just in time for summer.

Wasn't is just last month you were torn which model to get ?!?
Time flies,.. now you will too.

PS. here's the LED brow lighting you preferred (half way down page):
http://www.steinair.com/lights.htm

On 2008-06-03, Mike Isaksen wrote:
"Jay Maynard" wrote...
I'm going to the factory Tuesday to look it over and take delivery.
Nice! Just in time for summer.

Yup. Good thing, too, since I'm planning a long trip home with it that'll
take 20 hours in the air or so.

Wasn't is just last month you were torn which model to get ?!?
Time flies,.. now you will too.

More like 3 months ago...and time has seemed to drag a bit, too.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 10 June)