SOCATA
MODEL TB 20
SECTION 7
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In addition to the navigation lights, the exterior lighting may include a strobe
light installed on the vertical stabilizer and under the fuselage.
Lighting controls :
The switch–breakers, located on the central pedestal front part (see
Figure
), control the lighting of the landing and taxi lights, the navigation
lights and anticollision lights.
NOTE :
The amperage of the wing tip anticollision light switch–breaker is increased
when the airplane is equipped with the tail cone strobe light.
A switch, located on the circuit breaker panel (see Figure
strobe light illumination. This circuit is protected by a circuit breaker located
on the left of the switch.
Anticollision lights and strobe lights should not be used when flying through
clouds or overcast, the flashing light reflected from water droplets or particles
in the atmosphere, particularly at night, can produce vertigo and loss of
orientation.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
Instrument panel and control panels lighting is provided by integral, flood,
post lights and electroluminescent lighting. Three lighting control knobs are
grouped together on the L.H. part of the L.H. instrument panel.
These three controls vary the intensity of all instrument panel and L.H.
sidewall circuit breakers panel lightings, except for the rear overhead light.
The following paragraphs describe the function of these controls.
Lighting controls :
They allow the operating from down to up of :
– ”Normal” control which controls and modulates L.H. and R.H. instrument
panels visors lighting.
– ”Emergency” control Pre–MOD.151 :
which modulates lighting of overhead lights controlled by rotating them.
– ”Emergency” control Post–MOD.151 :
which controls and modulates lighting of front overhead lights.
