NYTOM
Well Known Member
Hopefully a final answer on this
I wasn't aware of the FAA rules concerning repairs to old fixtures that have a updated version available. And your right about being frustrated at the time. It seemed every time that certificated spam can plane I owned burped it ended up costing me a small fortune.
Thanks for shedding some light on that subject and I do appreciate your input to this site. We have quite a few factory reps watching over us and more than once I have been steered clear of a potential problem.
I've been all through the Whelen on-line catalogs in the last few days trying to decide what to do. You do offer a LED nav fixture very similar to the old style incandescent bulb type but I believe you can't piggyback a strobe on top. It sure looks like the old type nav light. What ever I do decide to get must have a strobe tube and fit on the old nav light footprint since the tips are done! I just figured that maybe these guys beat you to the punch and you might be doing a little damage control.
Oh well, I guess it will all come out in the wash eventually.
Thanks Jeff and keep a eye on us.
Jeff I'm going to get to the bottom of this issue. I have contacted Aircraft Spruce to confirm if the bulbs are legal. In their catalog they claim the bulbs meet FAR 23-13191 and are Mil Spec. Sounds legal to a dummy like me. I have put in a request to verify if they are FAA legal in one of your Whelen or Grimes fixtures. At least if A.S. thinks so anyway. Maybe you should give them a call since they sell an awful lot of your stuff.These lights mislead the consumer into thinking they are approved when they are not.
I wasn't aware of the FAA rules concerning repairs to old fixtures that have a updated version available. And your right about being frustrated at the time. It seemed every time that certificated spam can plane I owned burped it ended up costing me a small fortune.
Thanks for shedding some light on that subject and I do appreciate your input to this site. We have quite a few factory reps watching over us and more than once I have been steered clear of a potential problem.
I've been all through the Whelen on-line catalogs in the last few days trying to decide what to do. You do offer a LED nav fixture very similar to the old style incandescent bulb type but I believe you can't piggyback a strobe on top. It sure looks like the old type nav light. What ever I do decide to get must have a strobe tube and fit on the old nav light footprint since the tips are done! I just figured that maybe these guys beat you to the punch and you might be doing a little damage control.
Oh well, I guess it will all come out in the wash eventually.
Thanks Jeff and keep a eye on us.