interesting.
sounds promising. it seems that a couple folks
have tried the LED's but did not find much brighness
in the white LED's. and the green ones are not manufactored yet.
hmmm...
i thought FOR SURE the white ones would be brighter.
darn.
anyway, i might be able to dig up a spare bulb holder for
the back of the speedo/tach which has the metal teeth for gripping.
and i might have a spare for the gauges. i believe they take the exact
same size/style screw bas bulb but just different holders.
let me see if i can find these or maybe someone else has some
spares a little more readily available. as i have to go up to my storage bin
(read: parents garage!) and this will take a week maybe.
cheers,
james
>
>I had quite a conversation with the Raleigh, NC distributor about
>instrument lights and wanting brighter lights without adding heat. He was
>very active in rebuilding old Corvettes and appreciated the British car
>need for more dash light power. He sent me a catalog and we agreed that it
>probably would be best for me to send him the two types of instrument
>lights to see if he has or can make what we need. I don't think the
>directional features of the LED's will matter so much since they're shoved
>in a tube anyway, and then tinted with the plastic blue/green dome. Does
>anyone have a spare bulb harness(es) that we can send to him? Bulb prices
>show 6.50 each for the light green and 9.50 each for white. I am mainly
>interested in the two bulbs that light up the speedo and tach. Let me know
>the interest out there and maybe we can work out a volume discount or at
>least a car club discount.
>Andy
>CD6521L
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: michael lunsford [SMTP:mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:35 PM
>To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: Led Dash Lights
>
>Along with Jim Tabor I am also interested in learning if anyone on the list
>has used LED dash lights and if so whether or not they recommend replacing
>the standard bulbs with LEDs. The current ones are nearly useless, even
>after I bypassed the rheostat to give them the full 12 volts all of the
>time. At nearly $10 each they are 10 times the cost of a standard bulb
>and if you do the entire dash you need 12 bulbs. I'm a little reluctant to
>spend $114 plus shipping unless they provide a substantial improvement over
>the standard ones.
>
>Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
>
>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:29:10 +0000
>From: "James Tabor" <jattr6@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Dash Lights: LED replacements
>
>A while back there was some talk of ordering LED dash lights.
>Did anyone ever get around to ordering any?
>
>I think the size mentioned was this type:
>https://www.netdisty.net/ds/SF200/default.asp
>
>
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