Date:         Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:44:19 -0300
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: High beam dash bulb
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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David,

Very good questions ... now, I wonder if I still have the notes around about what I used - I seem to recall we just soldered in as a replacement for the existing bulb. 


On 28-Apr-2015, at 16:17, David Beierl wrote:

> 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
>