[ICOM] Re: 761 S-Meter lamp

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

>From much previous experience - the small grain of wheat bulbs from Radio
Shack will fit.  You may need to modify the grommet.

HOWEVER - you GET what you PAY FOR.

Unless you use a resistor, the radio shack bulb will fail - and quickly.
Even WITH a resistor, it will not last as long as OEM bulbs.  You will be
replacing it again.  And again.  And - - - well.... You get the picture.

I finally got wise, and began replacing bulbs with white LEDs.  Whenever a
radio loses a bulb, I pull it on the bench and convert ALL lamps to LEDs.

Yeah - it takes more time.  But a job done well once isn't that bad a deal.

Mike.  KD9KC.
El Paso, TX.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alan Leith
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:04 AM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ICOM] Re: 761 S-Meter lamp
> 
> First, to those who offered their thoughts, thank you very much.
> 
> Actually, it has been many years since I replaced the bulb and I 
> quite honestly can't remember what size it is -- I seem to remember 
> something around 14V.  As to its physical size, it slides through a 
> little grommet but I can't recall the size.  I was hoping to not have 
> to take the cover off for any length of time but guess that's a 
> project for tomorrow.
> 
> The company I used to deal with in Toronto no longer seems to list 
> any of the particular size and I was hoping someone might know the 
> exact ICOM part number or the details of the actual bulb.  I was just 
> trying to take the easy way out, hi!
> 
> I will report.