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Blue is a recurring theme inside British Gages. I grabbed a voltmeter
out of a TR to stick into the Tiger clock hole. It looked sort of
right, but I wanted to clean it up and paint the pointer to match the
others, so apart it came. I found a blue dome over the bulb, which I
took to be some silly Triumph thing, and removed it. About a year
later, when I finally sorted out all my dash lights, I discovered that
the voltmeter light looks much more yellow-orange than the others.
They all must add blue, to make the light look a bit whiter. Now, I
saw that blue filter floating around the bottom of one of my spares
boxes a couple months before, but it found a good place to hide when
I finally wanted it....
Another interesting question: The Lucas +/-30Amp I have is not
illuminated, and does not accept the standard type of "bulb in the
back" type of setup. There are slots around the circumference of the
body that appear to be there to admit light from some sort of external
source. Is this the "right" gage? How do people illuminate these
things?
Stu
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