drs2000
Newly Enlightened
Just tripped over an interesting light fixture at work. Spotted a runway lighting fixture sitting on a shelf that appeared to have some electronics in it. These usually have halogen lamps in them at about 50-80watts. So I looked closer. It has two little heads pointing each way, that have SE Luxeons in little (1.2" or so) reflectors!
This fixture is designed to be set into the runway so the pilots can see the various 'lines' when landing. I think this was a centerline light. Looks like an iron frizbee with an aluminum sour cream container underneath. 747's nose wheels land on these.. They run off of a 6.6amp constant current loop. The electronics obviously converts this to something tastier for the Luxeons. I'm going to try to borrow this and play with it a bit. Bound to be interesting. Can't tell yet what wattage they are..
Anyone else ever seen something like this? Really nice little reflector assys..
Yours, drs the crazed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
This fixture is designed to be set into the runway so the pilots can see the various 'lines' when landing. I think this was a centerline light. Looks like an iron frizbee with an aluminum sour cream container underneath. 747's nose wheels land on these.. They run off of a 6.6amp constant current loop. The electronics obviously converts this to something tastier for the Luxeons. I'm going to try to borrow this and play with it a bit. Bound to be interesting. Can't tell yet what wattage they are..
Anyone else ever seen something like this? Really nice little reflector assys..
Yours, drs the crazed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif