2 D cell equiv flashlight?

[TurboAWD]

Hi guys,
New company requires 2x D cell or "equiv" 3volt flashlight in flight kit (don't know why, there are two installed on the flight deck...).

Any idea what equivelent means? Any 3 volt flashlight? That would include a 2xAA, which seams wierd. Can't seem to get a straight awnser from the training dept (surprise). Anyway, I don't want to carry a double D mag if I can find something smaller.

I've noticed that lithium cell batteries are getting pretty cheap (saw one at wallyworld the other day for apx $20), perhaps that is the solution.

Thanks

 

[CitationLover]

i have a $16 led flashlight that will "outbrighten" any d-cell flashlight out there. it uses 3-AAAA batteries.

 

[acaTerry]

I've tried out the LED flashlights too. But while they blind you short range, I can never get them to adequately light up something more than 10-15 feet away.

 

[GCD]

That has been a change for about two years, now. No longer need the D cell batteries as long as the power source produces three volts or more. Two AA batteries can produce three volts (read the label).

 

[blott]

Was the 2 d cell from a old 135 reg?

 

[GCD]

121 and 135.

 

[jarhead]

D, C, AA, AAA.....all are 1.5 volts each. So, two of them in a series hook up, as in a flashlight, compound to three volts. Three of them would give ypu 4.5 volts.......all sizes.

The only thing a physically larger dry cell gives you, is that it will stay with you longer before they go 'dead' The physical size does nothing towards increasing the amount of light, just will increase the life span of the drycell when they're larger.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

When I was at Eagle, since the flashlight was required by our manual, we made AMR pay for the flashlights and batteries. Finally they decided to put them on the plane and have maintenance keep the batteries up to date.

 

[cl-65link]

I have a 3 volt Streamlight flashlight that has 2 1.5 volt camera-type batteries in it. I paid around 30 bucks for it and it's the same size as a mini-Maglight. Much easier to carry than a full-size Maglight.

 

[Britpilot]

Hi guys,
New company requires 2x D cell or "equiv" 3volt flashlight in flight kit (don't know why, there are two installed on the flight deck...).

Flashlights on the airplane are "airplane equipment"
Flashlight is required "pilot" equipment per 121 FAR's.

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/16/sesent/00

 

[sleddriver77]

Flashlight A tube in which pilots store dead batteries.

Just talked with the Feds about this the other day. We talked about how my AA LED flashlight is brighter than my 2 D Mag Lite, how AAA, AA, C, And D cells are all 1.5 volt,etc. One of the guys was an avionics Fed and came up with something way too technical for me on how to determine if a given light would be acceptable, and even then you'd have to get it approved. Here's what we came up with. WHY do you need the flashlight? In case it gets dark in the cockpit when all the lights go out, right? Well, if ya fire up the old 2D Mag light, there goes your night vision. Keep a 2D cell EverReady plastic P.O.S. flashlight ($2.99, Home Depot) in your flight bag, buried at the bottom to meet the regulation. Then keep a 2AA Mag or LED light (with orange or red filter to save night vision) handy near the top of the bag.

 

[username]

Sounds like a fed!

You need to lug around two flashlights becauses we don't really know what the reg means.

 

[73belair]

turboAWD

What car are you driving? DSM?

 

[TurboAWD]

well, as far as the flashlight being required as "pilot equipment" per 121, that is incorrect. Neither ASA or Piedmont require it, and they are certainly both 121.

As for the ride,
Audi Quattro, my friend. Although the DSM isn't bad for a rice-burner (just kidding).