landing lights

I put the Whelan LED PAR36 light in my Ercoupe just the other day. So far so good. I had a halogen light in there since 2005, but rarely used it, but it burned out anyway. I'm hoping with the LED light I can leave it on a lot more and it'll last a lot longer. With the hooligan light, when I switched it on the ammeter needle would hop all over for a couple of seconds. obviously substantial current draw. With the LED light, it's not noticeable. I bought the PMA version from Wsg Aero for $207 on sale. You can buy the exact same bulb, but no from Whelan and not PMA'd, for less than $40 on eBay. I didn't learn about that one until I already bought mine. I would put in the cheaper bulb, since it's not legal for me to fly at night, anyway, so who cares if the bulb is PMA'd? As for performance, the light from the LED bulb is way brighter than my old halogen. I like it! Right after putting it in I took off exactly ½ hour before sunrise, and it really lit up the taxiways.