The Radio Shack used to carry some 12v large LED lamps. I bet these would fit fine in the cluster lamp holes and give omni directional light. You would need to fake up your own wire system maybe
clay On Mar 12, 2016, at 6:12 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: >> I’m pretty sure the W123 instrument panel lamps are the same in the W126. > > The lamps might be the same, but the illumination isn't. > IIRC, the 123 lamps are large-ish, and many of the others > are small. Some of the small ones are out on stalks near > the face, and rely upon the omnidirectional light pattern > of an incandescent filament in order to throw adequate > light to the gauge faces. Directional LED's in places > like that would work poorly, I would think. > > The 123 lamps face light pipes, so a directional lamp, > _if aimed correctly_, would actually be superior there. > > Raw lumens isn't enough. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
