"Lou" wrote in message
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Actually, the Harbor Freight lights are top of the list, have you
plugged them in to test for heat?


No, they're still in the box (five years after I bought them). In my case,
they would be mounting to the landing gear leg (2½" 4130 steel tube) and be
faired with .020" aluminum, so heat wouldn't be too much of a factor. Being
in the airstream would keep them cooler than being enclosed in the wing.

I have two regular aircraft landing lights in the left wing under a
Plexiglas® cover and have not had a heat problem there. I wish I had made
two independently adjustable mounts so one could be aligned for taxi and the
other for landing. Actually, since I don't fly at night any more, I should
take them out and make an evaporative beer cooler out of the housing.

Rich S.