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Interior Lights - Military (finally)

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by sasquatch, Sep 13, 2005.

  1. Sep 13, 2005
    sasquatch

    sasquatch I'm big in Japan.

    Kadena AB,...
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    Ok, finally got my pictures back and am writing some info up on these military map lights.

    They aren't hard to find, they come up on ebay now and again. Price varies by quality, of course, but I just looked and saw a decent one of a different (but similar) style for $20.

    The first one shown here seems to be either 24 or 28V, however the bulb is a pretty common size, so I'm positive you could get a 12V bulb for it and be all set.

    Changing from flood to spot is accomplished by rotating the front (which slides in and out as a result). There is a red lens on the inside, which is moved in front of the bulb with a small switch on the side. The back rotates to turn it on and adjust brightness, while the white button on the back produces full brightness at any time (I.E. you can have it adjusted to be dim, but if you need it bright for just a moment, to check a map or whatever, press the button down).

    The second has a plastic lens cover for the red lens, which you take on and off. Flood/spot control is achieved by simply sliding the outside housing in and out (has a screw to tighten it down to lock it in place). The red switch on the bottom gives dimming control. No momentary "full bright" that I could see. This one runs off 12V by design.

    There is at least one more design, which seems to be a combination of the two. I don't have it so I can't say much, other than it has the bottom-mounted red knob for brightness control, but seems to have an interior red lens. No idea on voltage. Found on ebay search.

    All of these lights have a small square post. The lights rotate on the post, and the post clips into a base - I couldn't find the one I had, unfortunately. The nice part is with this setup, you can have the base permanently mounted wherever it's most useful, and then if you need to you can grab it and hold it right up to the map, etc - they all have spiral power cords which give a pretty good range of motion (4-5 feet).

    All in all, would make an excellent addition to any rig.
     
  2. Sep 13, 2005
    Rondog

    Rondog just hangin' out

    Parker, CO
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    That would come in handy for rollin' up a Bull Durham out on the trail at night. :D
     
  3. Sep 19, 2005
    56WillyCJ5

    56WillyCJ5 Oops! Actually 55WillyCJ5

    Columbus, GA
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    Brian, are they both the same diameter? The second type you picture appears to be smaller but that may just be the camera angle and distance. Trying to recall which (if either) appear to be the ones found in an F-15 ****pit (gonna be interested to see if that last word makes it thru the profanity filter! R) ).
     
  4. Sep 19, 2005
    56WillyCJ5

    56WillyCJ5 Oops! Actually 55WillyCJ5

    Columbus, GA
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    R) R) R) NOPE! IT DID NOT MAKE IT PAST THE FILTER! Substitute ****pit for "the area where the pilot sits and does his flying"!

    R) R) R)
     
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