- 1. Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: "Dereck C" <derex39@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 16:45:42 +0000
- My instrument bulbs are burning out fairly quickly. 2 weeks at a time. Is this a voltage stabilizer problem. FYI, I put in those radio shack bulbs that had been recommended years back, to increase th
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00091.html (7,311 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:24:56 -0500
- Bulb burnout is independent of the voltage stabiliser. That widget maintains 10v for the temp and fuel gauges only. Lights are on the 12v rheostat. I may have been the source for the suggestion of t
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00094.html (8,735 bytes)
- 3. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:05:30 -0600
- Afternoon Dudes, What is needed is higher wattage bulbs, not lower voltage bulbs -- while the later produces the former, if less stable. Also, if your alternator voltage regulation is flakey, you cou
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00095.html (8,870 bytes)
- 4. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: "Dereck C" <derex39@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:09:47 +0000
- $12 a pop for the halogen (on Zorn's site), wow. Here is a link to that 1446 bulb. http://www.topbulb.com/find/Product_Description.asp?intProductID=40788 That could add up quickly. Do they really mak
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00096.html (8,905 bytes)
- 5. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: Carl Elliott <celliott133@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:32:48 -0500
- I have the halogen bulbs in my dash, What a difference, Carl E. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00107.html (7,030 bytes)
- 6. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: "WCAMEYER" <WCAMEYER@email.msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:36:13 -0700
- Tried the Radio Shack bulbs years ago. While I kept the rheostat turned down a bit, they lasted, but this was in my wife's car - she kept turning the rheostat up full, and the bulbs kept burning out.
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00108.html (7,360 bytes)
- 7. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: LBCarCoMail@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:11:03 EST
- << I have the halogen bulbs in my dash, What a difference, Carl E. >> Yeah they are great if I do say so myself ;) Jeff /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00116.html (7,225 bytes)
- 8. Re: Bulbs burning out (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 09:38:01 -0600
- I put the 9 volt radio schlock bulbs in my '69 B, which has the off-on switch instead of a rheostat. Things were fine -- nice bright dash lights -- until the voltage regulator in the alternator burpe
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00143.html (7,412 bytes)
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