Hi Dale. 14.4W sounds way too high considering the stock bulbs are 2.2W.
What is the voltage rating of these bulbs? If it's not 12V, then the 14.4W
rating is not valid for autos. If it's 14.4W at 12V, then you'll probably
melt the gage.
- Hugh
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale [mailto:tpdwinch@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:17 AM
To: Hugh Fader; 'jonmac'
Cc: '6Pack'
Subject: RE: Poor dash lighting
Hugh
Just to throw this into the mix. Recently purchased, but haven't used yet,
a pair of the screw in type bulbs from Radio Shack. These are rated at 14.4
w. At that time I hadn't given much thought to how close to the plastic
domes these would come to. Has any one tried these bulbs?
Dale
Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net> wrote:
Jonmac,
My TR6 has 2.2W screw-in bulbs for the instruments. Are these the same
as in
your saloon? I guess not, because you say you replaced 5W with 10W
bulbs.
Anyway, do you have a source for these?
Thanks,
Hugh Fader
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of jonmac
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:40 AM
> To: OkgobeatsaII@aol.com
> Cc: 6Pack
> Subject: Re: Poor dash lighting
>
>
> Brandon Avery wrote:
> i am an 18 year old college student in texas. i
> recently cleaned out
> my garage and found the family dormant triumph under the
> endless pile of
> junk. with help from a british car shop, i restored it and it
> is now in
> great
> condition. i was awarded this terrific find in the form of a christmas
> p resent.
> Here is my question. Is there any way to increase the
> lighting power
> in the dash instruments, or is that another great quality we
> can credit to
> the great lucas electronics? thanks everyone for your help.
>
> Brandon
> Going back to the days when Triumphs were new, lighting
> quality on secondary
> instrumentation was less than ideal - and that was when
> everything was clean
> and new and the rheostat was turned to full power!
> By now, your instruments will have blackened bulbs and dirty
> glasses on the
> inside. The plastic window on top of the instrument through
> which the light
> shines may also have yellowed as well? I cleaned this (a bit)
> with warm
> soapy water and a cotton bud. I've refurbished all the
> instruments on both
> my Triumph saloons with higher power bulbs 10 watts instead
> of 5 watts,
> cleaned the inside of the glasses and repla c ed the 'O' rings
> between the
> bezel and instrument itself.
> I now have brighter secondary instrument lighting (which
> still casts shadows
> as it always did) but the 'power' of the "black lighting" for
> speedo and rev
> counter is outstanding. Well worth the effort.
>
> Jonmac
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