Looking for some reports/installations stories as well as tips and techniques. I have a set ready to go on a 58 182A with a sportsmans kit. Included instructions are basic so any advice floating around out there learned through experience would be greatly appreciated.

I put a set on my Wagon. The WigWag function requires a wire going direct from
one Quasar to the other, it provides the sync required for proper light pulse flashing. All my wiring was brand new shielded wire, grounded as instructed, I believe all grounds came back to the grounding block behind the panel. The WigWag function does have some carry over interference with the intercom system. I bundled all wires together as they go out the wing, if I had to do it over again, I’d probably bundle the Quasar wires separately from
everything else. The lights themselves flat kick ass. It looks like an airliner coming in when the lights are on. The WigWag provides a highly visible flash pattern, and they look great. As they should, they were expensive as hell.

I agree with 185er. Best not ground them at the wing tip. Run a separate ground wire back through the wings, then behind the panel, preferably to a single point grounding bus. If your going to add any more electric stuff to your airplane, install a good buss bar in a convenient location and get into the habit of running all your ground wires back to it. That will help solve any electrical interference problems in your avionics.

Since they are a little heavier than the original tips I fabricated some aluminum L brackets which I riveted to the last rib, then used them to help secure the fiberglass tip to the wing. I didn't like all the fiberglass attach holes drilled so close to the edge of the fiberglass. I added two on the top and two on the bottom. In other words, this allowed me to drill some of the attach holes about 2" from the fiberglass edge.

I've installed many Quasar tips at this point and I love them.

It's important to read the installation instructions which clearly call out how they are to be wired. One must use the 14/3 shielded wire that is called out. NO GROUNDING should be done outboard. Use the shield in the 14/3 as both the ground and the drain of the shield. There is also (as noted) a separate "sync" wire that connects both lights. One works as a "master," and one as a "slave." Also, make sure your audio panel is properly wired. I have seen lots of installations where shields are grounded at the wrong side or both... This can cause noise.

If the airplane has a sportsman, I add a floating anchor nut inside the sportsman under the foam block (before install) to add another fastener forward.

FWIW, you can also connect these sync wires to other AeroLEDs so all lights flash as wig/wag or pulse.

Greg-

What is the appropriate switch and breaker set-up?

In my 185, I have two AeroLED taxi & landing lights in the cowl that will be set up to pulse with the tips. (SunSpot 36 4313s).

From the AeroLED and Stene specs, it looks like the Amps will be (on a 14V system):



With nearly 30 total amps, is the recommendation to split the cowl from the tip lights across two 20A breakers vs. trying to fit a 30A breaker into the buss? Other setups?

To use a certain side CB, every run of wire connected to it has to be able to handle the full CB current in the case of a short circuit. So the CB pops before the wire catches fire. Unless you ran the wires to the cowl, it may not be a sure thing that those wires can do that. Easy enough to check their size then look it up in the wire sizing table for what current they can handle. CB’s protect wires, not lights.

That looks like a great setup you have. BRIGHT.