Grassstrippilot wrote:
Some pics of which pole is + would be great. Thanks!

You think you can just skip the GFP hazing procedure by asking people which pole is which? Who do you think you are?

The good thing is that you can't damage the light by switching poles - it just won't turn on. It's like a USB plug. No matter how lucky you are, you'll never get it the right way the first time.

Haha! Isn’t that the truth! It sounds like the more sensitive item is the flasher. At least from what he has on his site.

My (flashing) recognition light is a spot, vs a flood.
My thinking was that a narrower beam would be brighter--
the downside is that you have to be more inline with me to see it.
Now that I've given it more thought, If I was to do it over I'd probably get a flood.

That’s what I’m thinking now too. Thanks.

Grassstrippilot wrote:Haha! Isn’t that the truth! It sounds like the more sensitive item is the flasher. At least from what he has on his site.

The flasher has red/black wires so no excuse there. Don't expect a finished total solution when you buy it. It's literally just a little box with input/output pigtails with labels for each. Mounting/wiring/etc are all left up to your imagination. Still a great product for the price.

-Asa

It just basically has to be wired in line between the switch and the light, right? That shouldn’t be bad. It looks small enough it should be able to just sit behind the panel behind the switch. Or am I missing something?

Grassstrippilot wrote:It just basically has to be wired in line between the switch and the light, right? That shouldn’t be bad. It looks small enough it should be able to just sit behind the panel behind the switch. Or am I missing something?

Yes, or can be put on the light (wing) end of your wiring run which is where I've heard of most people doing it.

I mounted a flasher unit in the landing light well.
Mine is a full time flasher.
Cool thing about the GFP flasher is that you can select regular light on, or light flashing.
And only 30 bucks!

Cool. That brings up another question a hadn’t thought of. Since I’m wiring my tip lights, I should be able to just put it at the switch for both, right?

Grassstrippilot wrote:Cool. That brings up another question a hadn’t thought of. Since I’m wiring my tip lights, I should be able to just put it at the switch for both, right?

There's a power limit on the flasher of 35W. Very conveniently for the seller, the lights are 18W each. So there's a chance you could overload the flasher or simply bring down the input power to your lights depending on how the flasher is wired internally. I asked him about this limit when I was hoping to put one on my 43W Rigid landing light and he said that it could hurt the flashing unit. So I didn't, and simply have a solid landing light and a flashing taxi.

Anyone have these in a bird with the lights in the cowl? If so would love to hear some feedback.

We’ve had ours in the nose bowl of our 185 for about six months and they are great. With that said, incandescent bulbs have better penetration at night, but not by much. At work we run a major name brand aviation led light setup and I believe the GFP lights are comparable and a whole lot cheaper. The lights are so bright that a friend of mine told me to turn them off when facing the approach end during the day when he was on final.

Added the plus minus to the picture. If you look at the back with the index tab at 9 o’clock the positive is the lower one.

asa wrote:

Grassstrippilot wrote:Cool. That brings up another question a hadn’t thought of. Since I’m wiring my tip lights, I should be able to just put it at the switch for both, right?

There's a power limit on the flasher of 35W. Very conveniently for the seller, the lights are 18W each. So there's a chance you could overload the flasher or simply bring down the input power to your lights depending on how the flasher is wired internally. I asked him about this limit when I was hoping to put one on my 43W Rigid landing light and he said that it could hurt the flashing unit. So I didn't, and simply have a solid landing light and a flashing taxi.

Hmmm...that is convenient...or inconvenient. Thanks for the info.

I use this, works fine and gives plenty of options.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/e ... ckkey=6599

My hangar neighbor has one of those, plenty of options on the dial to choose from.
I went a simpler route & installed a PSA 1224DC flasher, $30 delivered from Spruce.
It's wired into my LED (flood) landing light, flashes at about 70 beats per minute.

I have about $100 total into the LED & flasher,
they work great, makes me very visible.
Not sure if Spruce still sells those flashers--
if not, too bad, they're a great bargain.

propeller26 wrote:We’ve had ours in the nose bowl of our 185 for about six months and they are great. With that said, incandescent bulbs have better penetration at night, but not by much. At work we run a major name brand aviation led light setup and I believe the GFP lights are comparable and a whole lot cheaper. The lights are so bright that a friend of mine told me to turn them off when facing the approach end during the day when he was on final.

Did you go with the landing or taxi lights or one of each? Hope to be picking up our new to us 180J next week and noticed one of the lights was burned out when we were going over it. Was thinking of getting some lights coming (with a bunch of other things ) but not sure which to order.

We went with one of each. We will probably upgrade to led all around sometime soon. The amperage drop is very noticeable.

Thanks for the info. Ordered one of each and one flasher. May or may not use the flasher so we shall see.

I installed the lights and one flasher today. I’d post pics but since Tapatalk doesn’t allow it and I don’t have time to deal with the other method, I’ll just have to give a verbal report.

I I stalled them in my RMD tips. The lights themselves are a little bulkier on the backside and they didn’t fit completely into the RMD hole. But well enough to get them secured. I had originally planned on using one flasher at the switch for both lights. The maker said it should be able to do it, but in the end I decided to get another flasher and mount it at the light. Otherwise it looks and works well. I’m hoping that the other flasher will be sent soon. I’m waiting to hear back from the maker since I emailed him let the instructions on the site for the half off price. I’ll probably just replace the other two (taxi & landing light soon too).