[Milsurplus] Taxi Lite help ??

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:23:26 -0400

Hi

When you fire one of these up to full voltage they are not just bright 
they are dangerous. Keep stuff like skin away from in front of the 
light. Quick way to get a bit of a sun burn ....

	Take Care

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ

On Apr 23, 2004, at 11:14 PM, Herschel McCullough wrote:

> So I have 10,000 worth of these sumbitches..  I love it...  Thanx man 
> ..
> well F-16 ought to be 28vdc and 115vac..   so im just chicken to crank 
> it up
> all the way [ voltage ]  I can tell that at prox 12vac it's bright but 
> not
> as bright as would need to be if it was on a nose strut or something
> close... 28 would seem about right... but ill hold off full voltage 
> till we
> can confirm this voltage..thanx again.. mac/mc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Little WB4UIV" <[email protected]>
> To: "Herschel McCullough" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Taxi Lite help ??
>
>
>> It was used on a F-16 and cost $4900.00 when you bought it the first 
>> time.
>>
>> The NSN is 6220-01-308-1818.
>>
>> Thats all the useful info that Fed Log has.
>>
>> 73
>> Glenn
>> WB4UIV
>>
>>   At 09:52 PM 04/23/04 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Today I stopped by the scrap yard, and brought home 2 of the
>>> following  LIGHT, TAXI, Aircraft.. Grimes P/N  50-0179-3  component 
>>> of
>>> 50-0184-7  with a reference to General Dynamics spec #  16ve3450013
>>>
>>> Grimes website didn't say anything useful, Goggle when I used the GD 
>>> spec
>>> number , came back with a govt, request for bid, for about 50 pieces 
>>> of
>>> these..
>>> My question is ??  operating voltage..  I powered it up and it gets
> bright
>>> as hell at what looks like 10-12 volts, but I find that difficult to
>>> believe [ voltage ] General Dynamics making any aircraft operating 
>>> system
>>> of 12 volts.. The filament on this thing looks like # 16 wire 
>>> twisted,
>>> actually it is a Halogen lamp, I just don't want to burn up the
>>> lamp..  anyone know anything about this unit..  thanx  mac/mc
>>> Located 46 Miles due North of the Alamo
>>> and 121 Miles due South of the Western White House
>>>
>>> Visit my website at www.collinsandharrisradios.com
>>>
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