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Posted for "John Barrett" <2thman@olympus.net>:
Dave,
Thanks for joining in and clearing the air. I had seen the lights and never
new they were in a failure mode. That's an important part of the story.
Regards,
John Barrett
Barrett/Garrett Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 428
Pt. Hadlock, WA 98339
www.carbinge.com
John is right, Tony put ice lights on his IVP and my partner and I bought
the plane in 2001.
When we had the first annual done we discovered that the edge around the
lights showed some small cracks and upon further investigation we saw that
the only thing maintaining the pressure vessel was the lens of the light
itself.
For these two reasons and on the advice of our "Hired Gun" Lancair DAR
Charlie Kohler we had the lights removed and covered over the hole. I
believe this made it safer in terms of holding pressurization and as for
looking for Ice I have just used a 2 inch mag lite which works fine for
seeing the leading edge of the wing.<<<
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