Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:40:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1842192 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:03:00 -0400 Received: from office (cpe-066-061-039-056.midsouth.rr.com [66.61.39.56]) by mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g9ME30a20388 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:03:00 -0500 (CDT) From: "Marc Wiese" X-Original-To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Alternators, Panel Lights .... X-Original-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:02:41 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000d01c279d3$b556cc20$38273d42@office> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: > 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? > > Any and all suggestions welcome .... Jim S. There are plastic eyebrow pieces with embedded leds that fit behind the instruments thru the screw holes in the panel commonly shown at Lakeland/Oskosh. And there is the florescent under dash lip strip that is real nice. It is Commonly advertised as a retrofit for certifieds. Have you looked at a stock Mazda alternator? Heavy but very durable, and 100A. It is my choice. [Marc Wiese]