19 Jan
2023
19 Jan
'23
7:46 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 12:42:26PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
On 1/17/23 21:18, Marc Howard via cctalk wrote:
Originally discussing RK05 head position sensor bulb. I have replaced it. The
offical part to replace it isn't available. You can open it up and put in
a new bulb. I wasn't able to quickly find what bulb I used a number of
years ago but if someone really needs to know I can dig further. One of the
small ones with wires. It doesn't use bulb with base. LED didn't work. I
think sensor is IR.
Does anyone know if that light bulb is still
available? I’m not sure what
the response of that photo sensor is and that might rule out using a led
replacement. The fact that the bulb is almost certainty driven below the
rated voltage also complicates matters.
If you need JUST ONE badly enough, you can probably keep it going. Likely
an LED could be used as a substitute. But, a roughly equivalent bulb with
the wrong base could likely be found and hacked.