Re: [TenTec] Titan 425 Meter lamps?

[John Oglesby <john91@charter.net>]

After opening the amp, the lamps are 1820s in parallel.

John

On 10/2/2010 6:59 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> The lamps could be in parallel. The schematic is badly drawn. Two on
> line vendors of lamps
> http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/1820|28v|0.1a~usa.html
> and
> http://bulbster.com/lightbulbs/eiko-1820bts-49790-p-2306.html
> claim the lamps are 1820 but two 1820 in parallel at 28 volts will draw 200
> milliamps and fry that 20 ohm 1/2 watt resistor with 0.8 watt dissipation.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>

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