[TenTec] Omni VI S-Meter lighting

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson geraldj at storm.weather.net
Sun May 11 12:51:16 EDT 2008


On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 12:27 -0400, Luther Phillips wrote:
> Nice tip, Mike, but you might want to check the bulbs next time you're under 
> the hood. The bulbs should be 6.3 volt types. Sometimes these get replaced 
> with 12v bulbs by mistake. I did that once on my O-VI, and the meter was a 
> dull orange instead of bright yellow.
> 
> 
> 73,
> Luther N4UW
> 
Sometimes the higher voltage lamp was installed to lengthen lamp life. A
small series resistor is effective at that task, but not as effective,
but looses less light.

73, Jerry, K0CQ



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