Pensioner and I ahev been discussing the differences and I thought I'd send this to the list as it maybe interesting to others Alistair > > well I have both lamp holders in front of me, one marked "EUROPA" and one > marked "USA". > > Here are a couple of crude ASCII sketches, "blank" not only means no bulb but > also no contacts. The numbers 32cp etc are bulb references. > > You proably knwo about those contacts all too well, did you have an easy time > manipulating/wiggling them in and still have them make good contact? > > You also prob know that the euro and usa lenses are different, if not let me > know and I'll try and summarize with more ascii art. > > ab > > > (Please view in a fixed-width font - Monaco) > > > +---------------------------------------+ > | 32cp 4cp | > | | > | ----- ----- | > | // \\ // \\ | > | |/ \| USA |/ \| | > | | used | | used | | > | | | | | | > | |\ /| |\ /| | > | \\ // \\ // | > | ----- ----- | > | | > | | > | | > | ----- ----- | > | // \\ // \\ | > | |/ \| |/ \| | > | | used | | blank | | > | | | | | | > | |\ /| |\ /| | > | \\ // \\ // | > | ----- ----- | > | 32cp 32cp | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | 251 945 258 | > | A/B/C/D | > | | > | | > | P25-1 ----- | > | /-\ 32cp // \\ | > | \-/ |/ \| | > | | used | | > | | | | > | |\ /| | > | \\ // | > | ----- | > +---------------------------------------+ > > > > > > > +---------------------------------------+ > | P25-1 P25-1 | > | | > | ----- ----- | > | // \\ // \\ | > | |/ \| EUROPA |/ \| | > | | used | | used | | > | | | | | | > | |\ /| |\ /| | > | \\ // \\ // | > | ----- ----- | > | | > | | > | | > | ----- ----- | > | // \\ // \\ | > | |/ \| |/ \| | > | | used | | used | | > | | | | | | > | |\ /| |\ /| | > | \\ // \\ // | > | ----- ----- | > | P25-1 R19/10 | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | 251 945 258 | > | A/B/C/D | > | | > | | > | ----- | > | /-\ P25-1 // \\ | > | \-/ 32cp |/ \| | > | | blank | | > | | | | > | |\ /| | > | \\ // | > | ----- | > +---------------------------------------+ > > > |
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