Is there any sense to try a power led instead of a lamp?
Typically they last 10 000 hours+. There are 8760 hours in one year.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul & Susan Almjeld" <palmjeld@mit.midco.net>
To: "'Bob Berghult'" <alpinebob@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 5:06 AM
Subject: RE: Brighter dash lights! Sooner than you thought!
> Hi again:
>
> As you noticed, Bob, the bulbs are a different shape than the originals -
> slightly longer and more slender. They exchange with no difficulty,
though.
> Have fun laying on your back and trying to reach the speedo bulb!
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bob Berghult
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:55 PM
> To: paul almjeld
> Cc: alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Brighter dash lights! Sooner than you thought!
>
>
> Hi Paul & All,
> Well, thanks for the info. I went down to my local Radio Shack and
got
> enough to do both our Alpines. I'll get them installed this week end.
> Bob Berghult
> Series IV 39 (mine)
> Series II 30 (wife's)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "paul almjeld" <palmjeld@mit.midco.net>
> To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: September 11, 2002 6:44 PM
> Subject: Brighter dash lights! Sooner than you thought!
>
>
> > 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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