X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.4) with ESMTP id 6177102 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:14:42 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.62; envelope-from=colyncase@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=HYYjqsGn0sLHoj10kVq/WJfX3UgBsJRihRrAwsEr+nYEvzmTWXvY9YgYe03cWrKN; h=Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.181.119.129] (helo=[192.168.1.24]) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1UNBL7-0002uU-DI for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:14:09 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: HID upgrade to Legacy From: Colyn Case In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 20:14:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <51F8D425-9419-4E73-837F-9C2C74403B95@earthlink.net> References: To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-ELNK-Trace: 63d5d3452847f8b1d6dd28457998182d7e972de0d01da94036370449ae02bec799412e04e8a78f22350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.181.119.129 Wait - where's the pic of the light installed in the wing? The ballast = is the black thing,right? On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Paul Miller wrote: Just a short photo update on how I installed the LoPresti 28v HID = ballasts for those lights. All four done now. Quite exceptional. = Existing wiring used, I simply transferred the connectors from the old = lamps to the ballast wiring. Click bonds used to hold the 4 ballasts to = the forward spar face (no holes involved anywhere). A template = provided guides to place the clicks bonds. The adhesive material sets = up in 5 minutes so I was pressed to get 6 in place inside the leading = edge and lost one of the bonds but two will hold a ballast properly. = The bulbs are D1S with integral igniters. There is not a space = problem. If I had Audi projectors and the 28v ballasts I might be = tempted to go that route but this was an easy drop in with no re-work. = There is a [200Hz] frequency to the bulbs but it is very feint in the = radios. So far, I am very pleased with the results. While it took me a = few days to gather the pieces, if I had to do a second one, I think it = would take less than a day. =