[TenTec] Titan III screen current question.....

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Mar 12, 2010, at 5:14 PM, Roy wrote:

>
> I got radical. I fashioned a strip made from a old ruler, painted it  
> to
> match the meters' trim, mounted two # 47 sockets on its underside and
> attached it just at the bottom FRONT of the meters using spacers and  
> velcro
> fasteners. Now the meters are front lighted like in the old days  
> (Millen
> used to make such meter front panel brackets for this very purpose).  
> The
> lamps are powered externally by a small transformer. Sweet comfort. No
> dreading the day when lamps need replacing.



According to Garey - K4OAH, who is an expert on Drake equipment (if  
you are on the Drake list, you are very familar with him and his  
expertise), if you replace the  number 47 bulbs with  number 755  
instead they will last the life of the equipment. In my case it was an  
SPR-4 receiver, but I expect the lifetime of a Titan III would be  
about the same.

Geoff.
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