PWI earns FAA approval for LEDs in Cessna Citation II 550 and 525 CJ1s.
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Wichita-based lighting supplier PWI has earned FAA PMA approval to replace fluorescent interior lighting with LEDs in Cessna Citation II 550 and the 525 CJ1 business jets. The company, which has now gained permission to install LEDs in all cabin configurations of Citation II and CJ1 models, supplies kits to replace all fluorescent lights in the models’ galleys, lavatories, and passenger cabins.
Approval for the Citation LED kits follows FAA certification of the PWI’s cabin LED kit for the Falcon 900B earlier this year.
Benefits of LED over fluorescent lighting include reduced maintenance, longer service life, no heat, no high voltage and resulting possible EMI/RFI interference, and no buzz, hum, or light flicker. The Citation LED cabin lighting kits offer 100,000 service hours, require little power and no maintenance, and run on the 28 volts supplied by the aircraft.
PWI designed the kits to connect directly to aircraft wiring, using the exact electrical connectors found in the Citation, making for what the company calls a very straightforward installation.
The kits come in both 4000K warm white color temperature and 5100K cool white. The LEDs dim using the original lighting aircraft lighting controls or any third-party cabin management system.
PWI says future expansion of entire-cabin LED upgrade work will involve additional Citations, Falcons, Gulfstreams, and Learjet aircraft.
Wichita-based lighting supplier PWI has earned FAA PMA approval to replace fluorescent interior lighting with LEDs in Cessna Citation II 550 and the 525 CJ1 business jets. The company, which now has gained approval to install LEDs in all cabin configurations of Citation II and the CJ1 models, supplies kits to replace all fluorescent lights in the models’ galleys, lavatories, and passenger cabins.
Approval for the Citation LED kits follows FAA certification of the PWI’s cabin LED kit for the Falcon 900B earlier this year.
Benefits of LED over fluorescent lighting include reduced maintenance, longer service life, no heat, no high voltage and resulting possible EMI/RFI interference, and no buzz, hum, and light flicker. The Citation LED cabin lighting kits offer 100,000 service hours, require very little power, require no maintenance, and run on the 28 volts supplied by aircraft.
PWI designed the kits to connect directly to aircraft wiring, using the exact electrical connectors found in the Citation, making for what the company calls a very straightforward installation.
The kits come in both 4000K Warm White color temperature and 5100K Cool White. The LEDs dim using the original lighting aircraft lighting controls or any third-party cabin management system.
PWI says future expansion of entire cabin LED upgrade work will include additional Citations, Falcons, Gulfstreams, and Learjet aircraft.