Larry,
Don't forget that the base must be miniature screw, and the diameter of
the bulb be no more than 7/16ths. The technical description is G(for
bulb shape, T will also do), 3 1/2 (for 3.5 1/8" increments).
Jack
> ----------
> From: Larry Hoy[SMTP:larryhoy@mcione.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 8:07 AM
> To: Feldman, Jack (Jack); paul.hunt1@virgin.net; 'DANMAS'
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Dim Panel Lights
>
> I went to the local NAPA dealer on Wednesday. The counter person was
> kind
> enough to go through the GE lamp catalog with me. We looked at every
> lamp
> with a screw style base and found none rated at 12v. When I'm in the
> area I
> plan to check "The Lamphouse", a local lamp distribution company.
> When I
> do, I'll let the list know what I find.
>
> Larry Hoy; Denver, CO. USA
> 1969 MGB Roadster
> 1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP
> "It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
> =========================================================
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Feldman, Jack (Jack)
> > The GE small lamp catalog actually lists all the information from
> > voltage to current draw to candlepower. While I'll admit that most
> car
> > accessories are listed as 12V when we are really dealing with over
> 14
> > volts, lamps are given their true rating, or none at all. The
> package
> > doesn't usually say anything but the number.
> >
> > I am only extrapolating from the fact that I took one lamp that says
> #52
> > out of my Healy, and another that said 12V, 2.2W out of my MG. I'm
> > pretty sure that if the spec sheet says 12V, it is 12V. The problem
> is
> > that the lamp with the specification doesn't have a number on it.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: DANMAS[SMTP:DANMAS@aol.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 3:37 PM
> > > To: paul.hunt1@virgin.net; Feldman, Jack (Jack)
> > > Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Dim Panel Lights
> > >
> > > Buying a 12 volt light bulb is like buying a 2 X 4! Just as a 2 X
> 4
> > > is not
> > > actually 2" X 4", a 12 volt light bulb may not be rated at 12
> volts.
> > > 12 volts
> > > is the nominal value, just as 12 volts is the nominal value for
> the
> > > voltage of
> > > a car battery. In good conditiopn, a car battery will produce 12.6
> > > volts. As
> > > an example of light bulb ratings, take the very common 1157 bulb,
> used
> > > in
> > > almost every American car (at least in the older American cars).
> It
> > > is a dual
> > > filament bulb, one filament rated at 27 watts and the other
> filament
> > > rated at
> > > 8 watts. If you look up the manufacturers specifications, you
> will
> > > find that
> > > the brighter filament is rated at 2.1 amps at 12.8 volts, while
> the
> > > other
> > > filament is rated at 0.59 amps at 14 volts.
> > >
> > > If you go to an auto parts store to buy one, if it says anything
> at
> > > all on the
> > > package, it will say 12 volts. For 99.00% of applications, that
> is
> > > close
> > > enough. If you really need to know how much current it draws, you
> > > will have
> > > to get the spec sheet and find out at what voltage the 27 and the
> 8
> > > watts were
> > > rated at. Then you will need to know what voltage it will be
> seing n
> > > your
> > > application, which is very hard to do, as the voltage in a car
> varies
> > > from as
> > > low as 11+ volts to as high as 15 volts. In a car with a
> properly
> > > functioning alternator, the voltage will be around 14 volts most
> of
> > > the time.
> > >
> > > If you go to the manufacturers spec sheet, as the gentleman who
> raised
> > > the
> > > question did, you may find the 12 volt, 2.2 watt bulb you have is
> > > actually
> > > rated at 14 volts. Or 12.8. Or 16. Or whatever.
> > >
> > > Dan Masters,
> > > Alcoa, TN
> > >
> > > '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> > > '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8
> insertion
> > > - see:
> > > http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
> > > '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for
> a V8
> > > soon
> > > '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
> > >
> >
>
>
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