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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