On Jun 23, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote: > One other thing, the blue filters in the dials were not the correct gel. > When dimmed the dials became unreadable and were pretty dim even with the > dial lamps at full brightness. I took the filters out and will eventually > replace them with the correct Lee gelatins. >
I know it's a matter of taste and correctness, but I have good luck replacing blubs with LED "bulbs". These look like bulbs, and plug into the same sockets. I used a white one and two blue ones in my SPR-4. It probably does not look "right", but I never saw it in the first place, I got it when it was 35 years old. The white bulb is too blue compared to a #47. There is a place in Pennsylvania that sells "warm" white LED bulbs to replace #47s, but they don't ship overseas, so I'll just suffer with what I have. :-) It's slightly off topic, I've also replaced them in TEN-TEC rigs too. My ARGO 509 has an LED bulb illuminating its S-meter and I have LED's waiting to replace the dial lights. If I had them when I restrung the dial cord, I would of replaced them then, but I did not, and I see no need to replace working bulbs, especially when it requires removing the front cover. 73, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM Making your enemy reliant on software you support is the best revenge. _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
