Landing Gear Light

[Rich Hart]

PA 24 250. My landing gear light turns off when I turn on my nav lights. Any thoughts would be helpful

[Joachim Gruber]

Rich,
I believe that the gear lights may actually still be on, but significantly dimmed. This is by design and normal. If the cabin isn't very dark the gear lights will appear to be off, but aren't.
Hope this helps.

[Michael Bryant]

Matt Kurke of comanchegear.com has a light mod available IIRC.

[Rich Hart]

Thanks. I know about the dimming feature, however the landing gear light is indeed completely off.

[Joachim Gruber]

Rich,
I assume that the nav-light switch has an internal resistor which automatically dims the gear lights, when turned on. If that's so, then the resistor may be fried or otherwise disconnected/broken. This should be easily testable with a multimeter. Since the FAA considers resistors "standard parts" your A&P should (I believe) be allowed to repair the switch by replacing or resoldering the defective resistor/connection.