We were working on the fuselage door for our Model Esp. The power wire for the spotlight came out of the back of the light and went into the door. We looked everywhere for the wire to emerge from the door to obtain its power. Not even a hole for a lost wire anywhere.
We removed the door panel to discover – one wire going to each metal hinge. Too funny! Clever way to power the light.
The guy that made the cockpit door was proud of his workmanship and provided his autograph on the inside of the wood door panel. Does anyone recognize his signature?
He also numbered the door. We guess that there was some hand fitting involved with the doors. The #274 perhaps was intended to go with Esp S/N 274, but our trainer is S/N 374. That may be one little mystery that we never figure out.
Larry,
The two moonbeam lights are in parallel and the voltage is nominally 6 volt AC. It is created from the secondary of a transformer. The output of the secondary goes through a rheostat for brightness adjustment. The result is floating (non-grounded) low voltage AC power.
The two fluorescent lights are 110 vac. They each have their own independent isolation transformer; and the voltage is floating AC (non-grounded).
was this light a 6 volt. The tubular light on right side is 110 volt I think ? One wire is connected to the base of the light and the other to end. Is this a non grounded system. Will that pass todays elect. standards ? Thank you for your help. I volunter for the Pueblo Aircraft Museum and we are working on a Link trainer. I rebuilt several valves using your We just finished building a full scale model of a British Mk1 Spitfire. 7 years in the making. We have access to several parts for the Link Trainer. Larry Overstreet.