Hey guys, 30 hours average lifetime sounds kinda short.. have any of our
folks used these for any length of time to see if they indeed last longer?
Just curious...
Kevin McLemore
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From: "paul almjeld" <palmjeld@mit.midco.net>
Reply-To: "paul almjeld" <palmjeld@mit.midco.net>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Subject: Brighter dash lights! Sooner than you thought!
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 17:44:39 -0500
Bob and all:
I found the information hiding on my home computer.
You Light up my Life!
Remember that song from a few years back? It's what came to mind during a
trip to the local Radio Shack store. A quick, easy way to improve the night
visibility of the Alpine and Tigerdash gauges is to substitute the original
bulbs with some that have
slightly more output. Radio Shack has available a screw base lamp rated at
14.4 volts, 200 mA that is an easy replacement for those dim original bulbs.
The Radio Shack #1487 lamps come packaged in pairs and can be found hanging
in the bulb display area of your local RS store. They carry a 1.4MSCP
brightness label and are rated at an average life of 30 hours. They provide
improved illumination without so much brightness as to be annoying. I have
replaced all the
original bulbs in my Series V. For evening or night driving they are a
significant improvement
over the originals.
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