Cessna 172P - Ground Service Plug Roceptacle; Interior Lighting; Lighting Systems; Exterior Lighting

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SERVICE
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SECTION
7
AIR,PLANE
&
SYSTEMS
DESCN,IPTIONS
CESSNA
MODEL
172P
LIGHTING
SYSTEMS
EXTERIOR
LIGHTING
The
flashing
beacon
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 orienta-
tion.
INTERIOR
LIGHTING
Instrument
panel
and switch and
control
panol
lighting
is
providedby
flood
lighting,
integrat
tighting, and
post
lighting
(if
installed). Lighting
intensity
is
controlled
by
a dual light
dimming
rheostat
equippod with an
outer
knob
labeled
PANEL
LT,
and
an inner
knob labeled
RADIO LT,
located
below
the throttle.
A slidã-type
switch
(if
installed)
on the overhead
console,
labeled
PANEL
LIGHTS,
is
used to select
ftood Iighting in the
FLOOD
position,
post
lighting
in the
POST
position,
or a combination of
post
and
flood
lighting
in the BOTH
position.
Instrument
panel
and
switch and
control
panel
flood
lighting consists
of
a single
red flood
light in
the forward
edge
of
the
overhead console. To
use flood
lighting,
move
the
slide switch
in the
overhead
console, labeted
PANEL
LIGHTS,
to
the FLOOD
position
and rotate
the outer
knob
on the
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May 1980