[TenTec] Paragon 585

[Greg S]

6V is correct. I recently purchased a pair of LED replacements, and they give a VERY even, white backlight to the meter on my Omni VI Plus. So different from the yellowish light from the incandescent bulbs, it gives her a whole new look. I cannot decide if I like it yet ;-)
Greg KC8HXO 

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> On Feb 2, 2018, at 19:09, Bwana Bob <wb2vuf at verizon.net> wrote:
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> According to my Original Paragon manual, the meter lamps are 6 V.  There is a voltage regulator type 7805 on the  Low Level Amplifier/Noise Blanker board.  See section 6-18 on page 6-69: "Regulated 6 Volts is supplied to the meter lamps through connector O."  I presume that Ten Tec used regulated voltage for the lamps to prevent them from flickering during keying (like the 12 V lamps on my Corsair do.
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> The venerable #47, rated at 3,000 hours,  would be the lamp of choice.  However, the #755 is also 6V, draws the same current, but is rated at 20,000 hours!
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> 73,
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> Bob WB2VUF
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>> On 2/2/2018 5:04 PM, w8au at sssnet.com wrote:
>> Any bayonet base lamp rated at 12 - 14 volts.  Type 52 would do.
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>> w8au
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>> At 03:51 PM 2/2/2018, you wrote:
>>> I have a Paragon and need to replace the display/meter lights.  The ones in my radio do not have any markings on them.  Anyone know what the bulb is?  The manual/schematic do not show them!!  I plan to replace them with LED lights but need to know what is supposed to be in the radio first. Thank you -- Paul Ramey WG0G _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec at contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec </x-flowed>
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