----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Cunningham" <d...@martineer.net>
To: "Fred or Ski" <wb8...@frontier.com>; "drakelist"
<drakelist@zerobeat.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] R4B PTO indicator...
Ski,
I haven't done this, but saw a "hint" once that you could
reverse the leads on the neon lamp and get more useful
life out of it. Might be worth a try if you don't have a
spare. Sometimes it's just a dirty switch contact on the
"transceive" switch in the T4XC too.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
Revesing the leads is about as much work as replacing
the lamp and I am not sure it works. Lamps are available
cheap, a few dollars for a box of ten. Changing them
requires removing the front panel, not difficult. The strike
voltage goes up on old lamps and also the lamps get dimmer,
old ones become blackened just like incandescant lamps. With
some care you can re-use the insulating sleeving.
A warning: the spacers for the panels are easy to
loose. I work in a shallow box to hold any small parts that
want to go flying.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickb...@ix.netcom.com
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