Landing Light Surprise

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Re: Landing Light Surprise

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Bob, if you decide to run shielded wires to those LED lamps, ground only ONE end of the shielding to the airframe to avoid a “ground loop”. I don’t know that will resolve your noise issue, but a shielding “ground-loop” is often an issue in audio circuitry.
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Thanks George!
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Shielded wire helped but didn't eliminate the problem. Turns out it was a known issue from Whelen for 14 volt systems and they sent updated bulbs which solved the problem.

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rnealon1 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:53 am Shielded wire helped but didn't eliminate the problem. Turns out it was a known issue from Whelen for 14 volt systems and they sent updated bulbs which solved the problem.

Bob
Thanks for that Update!
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Re: Landing Light Surprise

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Also check polarity, had that problem on friends cub, swapped polarity and radio noise disappeared.LED lites were not the Crazy priced STC articles, :D
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