Help! Cannot find this specific flashlight!

[AirplaneLight]

I am starting an aviation maintenance program in the fall and our required tool list specifies a non-spark D cell flashlight. I have found plenty of "intrinsically safe" flashlights on the internet that use smaller batteries, but the only D cell ones I have found were in the $500 range which is well beyond my budget. Does anyone have a suggestion? It needs to be shaped like a normal flashlight and therefore able to get into some tricky places... no big bulky SCUBA lights or anything like that!

Any help is appreciated...!

 

[treek13]

Check out the "Energizer Industrial 1 Watt LED Flashlight MS2DLED". If you Google that phrase, you should find it for about $20 & it is rated "intrinsically safe".

Plus, it is LED & has really long battery life.

I hope this helps.

 

[nfetterly]

Has to be D cell ? Too bad a C cell isn't okay. The Pelican super sabrelight is pretty good given that it's older technology;

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[FlashKat]

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[skyfire]

what?? im an A&P mechanic and have never heard of any kind of specific flashlight requirements. ive seen all sorts of different types of lights being used from HID, to LED, to incandesants.
also why does it have to be D cells? smaller lights can get into tighter spaces. i wouldnt want to carry around a big light all over the ramp and cabin, especially since i have to carry a bunch of other tools.
only situation i could think of that would require a "non-spark" light would be when working inside fuel tanks.

i say just get yourself a D cell maglite and tell your instructor you couldnt find any non-spark flashlight.
sorry i couldnt be of any help.

 

[rambo180]

i say just get yourself a D cell maglite and tell your instructor you couldnt find any non-spark flashlight.
sorry i couldnt be of any help.

I think the non-spark factor might be more important than the size of the power source, perhaps. You could get yourself a C cell non-spark and tell your instructor you couldn't find a d-cell non-spark.

 

[schmart]

I was talking to an amateur pilot friend quite a few years ago and he was complaining about the D Cell requirement then. Apparently it comes from the desire to have a longer run time when carbon zinc batteries and incandescent lamps were all there were. It is likely that the regulations haven't been upgraded to recognize the improvements in both battery and lap technologies.

My pilot friend kept a light similar to the Energized industrial mentioned above just to stay legal, but used a minimag for everything. The regs just say you have to HAVE the light, not that you have to USE it. :) I suspect that you will face the same type of situation and so you just as well spend the $20 and consider it part of the class costs. Then keep your favorite EDC light with you and use it (assuming it is spark proof...)

--Rick