At Radio Shack the #52 lamps are a match for the TR3 series bulbs but are
14 volts so are somewhat brighter than original.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>
To: "list Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: [TR] dimness improved?
> When I asked, "who dims their panel lights", Geo Hahn quipped that he does
> so
> along the full range: from "too dim" thru to "much too dim".
>
> The only folks I found locally that carried these flashlight/THREADED
> variety
> of these bulbs is Radio Shack. They are the same brightness/wattage of
> the
> bulbs that were in there to begin with. The cool thing about these bulbs
> is
> that their a little taller, which when used for replacement of the two
> panel
> brightness/metal barrel- holders on the backside (for indirect lighting of
> the
> console), means that the bulb actually extends beyond the opaque metal
> holder.
> This would result in more brightness! However, their length maybe
> problemmatic in the speedometer and tach, I hadn't tried those yet.
>
> *FI *FI
> Please go out and buy these bulbs this week as I own 51% of Radio Shack's
> flashlight division and this would brighten my own financial interests.
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