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bwestfall
Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 131 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: dimmer wars |
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What have people used for dimmer switches?
I’m going to have some lighted rocker switches, LED map and flood lights, radios, AFS Efis, and some 2.25” backup gauges…
Interested to hear what options people have used and why? I’ve hear that certain dimming circuits don’t work with the GNS430W’s but I know nothing.
-Ben
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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth. Guest
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: dimmer wars |
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Ben Westfall wrote:
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What have people used for dimmer switches?
Tape over the switch to block the light??? Sorry, couldn't resist!
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I assume you want to 'dim the lighted switch'. Well, the tape would
work, but you just need to hook the lamp part of the switch to your
dimmer circuit and your nmood lighting problems are solved.
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I�m going to have some lighted rocker switches, LED map and flood
lights, radios, AFS Efis, and some 2.25� backup gauges�
Interested to hear what options people have used and why? I�ve hear
that certain dimming circuits don�t work with the GNS430W�s but I know
nothing.
The GNS430W has photocell dimming built in (showing up a lot) so it's
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not controlled by an external dimmer. The most common dimmer in aircraft
is a high-wattage pot (rheostat or variable resistor), but these are
rapidly being replaces by transistor controllers or even pulse-width
modulated drivers. More than a couple of ways to skin the cat ....
although I don't know why you'd do that to a cat! ... I love this
language!!!
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-Ben
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Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.co Guest
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: dimmer wars |
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Ben,
These work great:
http://www.fdatasystems.com/Dimmer.htm
The big one will dim G400/500 units, but Linn's right--the Garmins also have an automatic dimmer that works fine for most people. Save the trouble there.
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
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Subject: dimmer wars
What have people used for dimmer switches?
I’m going to have some lighted rocker switches, LED map and flood lights, radios, AFS Efis, and some 2.25” backup gauges…
Interested to hear what options people have used and why? I’ve hear that certain dimming circuits don’t work with the GNS430W’s but I know nothing.
-Ben
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bwestfall
Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 131 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: dimmer wars |
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I see now that everything in my radio stack has its own photo cell. Thanks for suggestion Dave.
-Ben
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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:08 PM
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Subject: RE: dimmer wars
Ben,
These work great:
http://www.fdatasystems.com/Dimmer.htm
The big one will dim G400/500 units, but Linn's right--the Garmins also have an automatic dimmer that works fine for most people. Save the trouble there.
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:50 PM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: dimmer wars
What have people used for dimmer switches?
I’m going to have some lighted rocker switches, LED map and flood lights, radios, AFS Efis, and some 2.25” backup gauges…
Interested to hear what options people have used and why? I’ve hear that certain dimming circuits don’t work with the GNS430W’s but I know nothing.
-Ben
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:00 am Post subject: Dimmer wars |
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Having built numerous RV, Lancair, Murphy Moose, Glasair, and other experimental panels, I have found the CLA-500 dimmer built by VAL Avionics to be the most reliable. It is also nice, because it has four outputs and if you have a 28 volt aircraft and 12 volt lighted switches, the switch output can be adjusted to not exceed the switch voltage. I have use other dimmer circuits, but have not found them to be as reliable.
Steve Graves
Avionics Manager
Redmond Air LLC
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Phone: (541)923-1355
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