Dave thanks I hope for only slight gains having soon a new dashboard I at
least wanted to have the whole show be as good as practical Regards Joe
Joe Honor / Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 9, 2011, at 3:55 PM, "David Murray" <murr32@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Don't expect a huge difference in gauge brightness. The gauge construction
> severely limits the amount of light that makes it to the front of the
gauge.
> The light travels around the edge of the gauge face plate (metal) through a
> perimeter slot of at most 1/8" and then gets reflected off the inside of
the
> glass onto the face of the gauge. I have fabricated a test setup with an
> array of outdoor sign LED's (equivalent light output of 60W bulb) arranged
> around the periphery of the gauge housing and while I do see an improvement
> it is still nowhere near a modern car; even one from the 80's :)
>
> I think the only way to significantly improve the lighting of the gauges
> would be to have new faceplates fabricated out of plastic that would allow
> light to pass through those areas one would want lit, i.e. the numbers and
> markings; or to fabricate a flexible circuit that would mount in front of
> the faceplate but behind the bezel using surface mount LED's that would
> illuminate the front of the faceplate.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 6pack-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Joe Honor
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:13 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: [6pack] dashlight update
>
> list-I've decided onlittle british car co.- B LBCar co.com B products-dash
> lights that are halogen-assured will not burndown my car from heat..we'll
> see.
>
> InstrumentB bayonet or screw type;
>
> B 10w for Speedo and Tach and 5w for the smaller instruments
> 12v 5w Screw BaseB 171-000HB Instrument/Gauge Bulb/MapB (for small
> instruments or large that have two bulbs)
> 12v 10w Screw Base 171-010HB Instrument/Gauge Bulb/Map (for large
> instruments
> that have only one bulb
>
> prices $18 or so-varies-steep but brillance comes at a price.
>
> regards, Joe
>
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