Date:         Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:13:23 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: [vanagon] re:  Vanagon Bulb List?
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Comments: cc: vanagon@yahoogroups.com, Larry Chase <lchase@attglobal.net>
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At 10:06 AM 11/13/2002, Kent Christensen wrote:
>In Europe, "bulb numbers" aren't used.  The only numbers you'll see
>are a code describing the size and configuration of the base and, as
>you noted, another indicating the wattage.  Yes, voltage, too,
>although of course anything besides 12V is pretty rare.


Just in passing, my '84 manual specifies #1034 for front turn/parking and
rear stop/tail, #1816 for side markers, #1073 for rear turn and backup,
#211 for interior.

#1156 is a longer-life substitute for 1073 -- more current draw, more heat
load, probably more vibration resistance, same light output.  Likewise 1157
substitutes for 1034.

It also specifies #89 for license plate --  but my license-plate lights
take a 12v 4w T3-1/4 S.C. Bay lamp -- otherwise known as #1816, same as the
side markers.

And my camper cabin light takes a GE 790 25w halogen bulb with G4 bi-pin
base -- available from Don's Rare Bulbs (no kidding) for $40 each (no
kidding) -- or a 20w substitute from Radio Shack, 272-1177 for $1.99

david


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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"