Ztron LED landing lights, anyone tried them?

[petersb]

Looking at using Ztron Nav and possibly landing light.

The landing lights are only 2 LED's and 1350 lumens.

I believe 100 Watt auto halogen lights, the other option, are 2000 lumens .

Anyone have experience with them for night landings ?

[Wesael]

Nave lights work as advertised.

great units. Put them on our -10.

[bird]

I have installed two landing lights, the nav lights and the tail light with strobe. Not flying yet but tested them and they work great. I worked with Warren at Ztron to build some heat sinks for the landing lights so they could be installed in the wingtip instead of the normal ductworks wing installation. Mine is the prototype. They work great and Warren was very good to work with. I recommend them.

bird

[Ron RV8]

I see that Z-tron has come out with a new configuration for their landing lights which appears to be suitable for wingtip mounting.

Anyone have any experience with them yet?

[bird]

I have the prototype that Warren and I worked up a few months ago.Great guy to work with. They are installed and have been tested, however not flying yet. They do have a heat sink on them, that must be there. Mine is a -8 so I pointed one down a bit and the other straight fwd. They work fine for me. Pics on my kitlog site.

bird

[tacaruth]

For those flying with Ztron Nav/Strobe lights, are you experiencing any radio interference problems? There is a post on their own forum that lists this as a problem. Any experience worth sharing about these lights would be appreciated. I am looking at replacing my Whelen HDACF system using the same wiring which is not shielded.

Thanks,
Tom RV-7A Flying

[Wesael]

Originally Posted by tacaruth

For those flying with Ztron Nav/Strobe lights, are you experiencing any radio interference problems? There is a post on their own forum that lists this as a problem. Any experience worth sharing about these lights would be appreciated. I am looking at replacing my Whelen HDACF system using the same wiring which is not shielded.

Thanks,
Tom RV-7A Flying

That was probably me that posted on there forum.

I had the 24V early version units and had problems with RFI in the Com and Nav radios to the point of making both not usable. (RFI was greater than communications radio level)

I returned them and they replaced them with the 12V "New" version that has no switching power supplies in them.

Now they are quiet as a mouse. (no interferance) in fact the right wing has a wingtip nav antenna in it within 6in. of the nav/strobe light and I cannot detect any noise level change at all in the nav (or com for that matter) when switching them on to off and back on.

Also to note: I did NOT install sheilded wire for the power wire to them. Probably would do it if I were building again but never the less it is not a problem.

I would guess with the "older" version the RFI could be filtered out and that would be better (less current drain with the switching power supply) but I did not want/feel like expermenting at the time.

[Ron RV8]

The nav/strobe lights call for 18 or 20 ga, 4 wire shielded tefzel wire. I am having trouble finding a supplier for this cable. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[tacaruth]

Now they are quiet as a mouse.

Thanks for the update.

Tom RV-7A Flying

[CharlieWaffles]

Originally Posted by Ron RV8

The nav/strobe lights call for 18 or 20 ga, 4 wire shielded tefzel wire. I am having trouble finding a supplier for this cable. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Check with Steinair? They have a lot of stuff not listed on their website.

Other option strange enough is AeroLED.