"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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Hi Bill:

Whenever possible, I replace those grain of wheat bulbs with leds. You
will need a current limiting resistor. The led has a limited pattern of
light, so it will not work if you need light from the side of the bulb.
Most of the time, the led will work fine - and be permanent.

You can choose white or various colored ones. In some radios, the
reduction in battery current is substantial.

Colin K7FM


I had a CB come in once which was new - but blew bulbs out like once a week.
The tech who worked on it - never tried to remedy the problem aside from
replace bulbs - twice - maybe 3 times. All seemed ok - aside from the bulbs
being eaten alive. I placed a small resistor in line - no more blown bulbs.