Date:         Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:17:09 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: High beam dash bulb
Comments: To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca>
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At 02:50 PM 4/28/2015, Roy Nicholl wrote:
>If you have already gone through the effort to pull the cluster,
>just replace the bulbs with LEDs

And do you have a drop-in replacement for the high-beam indicator
lamp, with a built-in load resistor or voltage-regulator chip in a
T1-3/4 wire lead package?  Or are you planning on soldering in a
replacement for the existing series resistor, and in that case what
specific LED and what value of load resistor for it do you have in mind?

Yrs,
David


>On 28-Apr-2015, at 15:33, David Beierl wrote:
>
> > At 02:29 PM 4/28/2015, Richard Smith wrote:
> >> I have a VERY dim high beam indicator light - is this something anyone
> >> else has encountered? Is it an old age thing, and a new bulb would help? A
> >> wiring issue? (1985 Westfalia GL)
> >
> > You will have to discover this for yourself, with a voltmeter if
> > necessary.  But I suspect that if you pull the lamp you''ll find the
> > capsule plated over with a fine mirror coating of tungsten from
> the filament.
> >
> > Yours,
> > David