[Boatanchors] LED's instead of lamps in boatanchors???

[WE0H]

Seems the Boatanchor server is not passing some of hte reply's? Only 
seeing my own...hmmm...

I'd say roll your own LED lamp assembly's. The first one or few would be 
interesting but after that you would get it figured out. An interesting 
thing with LED's is you can get 'em with different brightness levels 
from subtle to Wahoo. Different colors too, which could range from a 
super white to a yellowing glow, a cool blue or green to a devils spit 
red, or maybe orange or back to the yellow glow to replicate the 
original incandescent lamp. Plus, on a rig with lots of lamps, you would 
be taking away a ton of heat generated with those original lamps. LED's 
run stone cold. Your series resistor sets the brightness from the max of 
the device down to barely showing any light/color. You decide what suits 
your eyeballs, not someone else deciding for you!!! Shhh, don't tell the 
XYL I said that...hi hi...

73's fr
Mike
WE0H

eugene wrote:
> I recently needed a new lamp for my Siemens E311 receiver.  I began to
> look for LED versions, and discovered that lots of automotive bulbs are
> being replaced with aftermarket LED versions (for panel lamps etc). The
> E311 begin of German origin, however, made it tough to find in the US.
> The bulb base is BA7s which is bayonet but with small ridges instead of
> little pins to hold it in place.  Well, after much searching I found a
> 12v version instead of 6v but it works. It's a little dim, but it works.
> No flicker and it hasn't burned up yet. After all, there is current
> limiting in it already, and being a diode it does automatically rectify
> the AC going to it, as long as the PIV isn't exceeded.
> 
> I did find one fellow who said he would "make me" a 6v version. I'm sure
> it wont be cheap, but I might buy a whole bunch for some other friends
> who have this same radio.  But our American radios probably have much
> more common bulb bases and I bet they could be found.
> 
> I bet if a whole bunch of BA enthusiasts got together and made a list of
> type and qty of bulbs we use, an order could be placed to get them at a
> much discounted rate (no, I am not volunteering to do it!)