cjohngraham
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The Vertical Power installation instructions App E indicates that shielded cable should be used for AeroLED lights and specifies how to ground them. App E has become partly outdated.
According to AeroLED, they are now producing a "linear" voltage light that does not require shielded cable. As of this date, some older multi-voltage lights were still in the market though (e.g. Van's has the older ones and will start receiving the new ones in June 2017). Dean at AeroLED said that if shielded wire is used, the shield should be used as ground back to the avionics ground, but a ground to structure at the light, as App E indicates, in not recommended, in fact it's better not to do so.
I researched this prior to ordering the Pulsar NS180 (Van's website still says NS90, but they stock NS180 which has twice the LEDs) and Suntail nav/strobe lights. Van's has a better price for the combo than elsewhere. Also, AeroLEDs seems to have the best price on shielded 20AWG 3-wire cable; the only other place I found it was at SteinAir.
According to AeroLED, they are now producing a "linear" voltage light that does not require shielded cable. As of this date, some older multi-voltage lights were still in the market though (e.g. Van's has the older ones and will start receiving the new ones in June 2017). Dean at AeroLED said that if shielded wire is used, the shield should be used as ground back to the avionics ground, but a ground to structure at the light, as App E indicates, in not recommended, in fact it's better not to do so.
I researched this prior to ordering the Pulsar NS180 (Van's website still says NS90, but they stock NS180 which has twice the LEDs) and Suntail nav/strobe lights. Van's has a better price for the combo than elsewhere. Also, AeroLEDs seems to have the best price on shielded 20AWG 3-wire cable; the only other place I found it was at SteinAir.
