Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:39:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ncsmtp03.ogw.rr.com ([24.93.67.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1842173 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:24:25 -0400 Received: from mail6.nc.rr.com (fe6 [24.93.67.53]) by ncsmtp03.ogw.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9MDOBiZ008748 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:24:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nc.rr.com ([24.163.35.86]) by mail6.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:24:28 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <3DB54AFA.8020804@nc.rr.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:56:26 +0000 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: " (Rotary motors in aircraft)" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Alternators, Panel Lights .... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim Sower wrote: >Problem # 2: Some of my instruments are lit by post lights in the corners of >the instruments, but most are in the dark except for an instrument light trying >(to little effect) to shine on the whole panel. I envision some sort of little >flood lights mounted on the glare shield (mine comes back about 6" from the >panel) of my Velocity that would be simple, small, adjustable / aimable, easy to >retrofit and red. Anyone have any suggestions? Would some sort of LED array >work? How much would variable brightness complicate things? > > Embed a bunch of cheap, Rat Shack, red LEDs in a block of epoxy goop. Control the brightness with a rheostat. You can mount them on a IC board, tape the board under your dash, wait for night fall and aim one LED on each instrument. Then cover in epoxy and put it back. It's so cheap, if it ever burns out just make another.