16 Dec
1997
16 Dec
'97
11:22 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 18:47:09 +0000 (GMT),
Tony Duell <ard(a)odin.phy.bris.ac.uk> wrote:
>Yes they are (at least, they are on all my
RK05's). It's easiest to remove
>the entire front panel from the drive (4 Phillips screws), when you can
>trivially see the PCB that holds the switches and the lamps. The lamps
>plug into little sockets on the PCB - just pull them straight out.
>We call these lamps T 1 3/4 (That's 'T' one and three quarters) bi-pin
>bulbs in the UK. No idea what they're called elsewhere.
The T 1-3/4 size exists here in the US, too, but I most frequently I see
it in referring to LEDs. The T 1-3/4 incandescent bulb size is E-5 (for
5mm), I think.
Anyway, so long as I am replacing these lights, why can't I replace them
with amber LEDs? I figure that I can plug an LED-resistor combo into the
same socket and tune the brightness with the resistor. I remember reading
somewhere that the lamp power is 8v. I'll test it first, but does this sound
right?
Thanks for the info, Tony.
Rich Cini/WUGNET
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