If you were asking me, I believe I checked the voltage and found it to be
reasonable. It has been a long time since I've changed them out. As I said,
the new ones have been in there since! But I know what you're talking about,
I've done likewise in a few other types of radios! I can't speak for the
others' whose radios I've heard of with the same problem. SM

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Scanman wrote

Yes, it is amazing - the sizes - isn't it. It had been a while since I
ordered those bulbs and I only needed them that one time, so I couldn't
recall the exact
name. Matter of fact, because they had burned out so soon, I think I
bought 3 sets. I figured that would be about the life of the radio -
which I had won at
a Hamfest. It seems to me, that must be an inherent defect with the 212
RH or at least some of the models. I know several who had to replace
them after
a short period of ownership. I don't think my radio was 2 years old. And
certainly, when I was away at work or whatever, it wasn't on all that
time. So it
"seems" to me, the run of bulbs they had were apparently defective. Mine
that I installed have been in there since. I feel bad for a friend of
mine, he sent
his to Yaesu to have them replaced. Ouch! Before someone may say mobile
abuse, mine was used on a desk. They still burned out probably far
faster
than they should have. I'm not aware of any "life" of those as compared
to say lights for your home with say a 1000 hour life. Glad you were
able to find
a parts source nearby, it sure helps! SM



Did you ever think about adding a resistor, or a couple diodes to
reduce the voltage a little? It will extend the life of the bulb without
a big change in brightness.
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Scanman wrote:

If you were asking me, I believe I checked the voltage and found it to be
reasonable. It has been a long time since I've changed them out. As I said,
the new ones have been in there since! But I know what you're talking about,
I've done likewise in a few other types of radios! I can't speak for the
others' whose radios I've heard of with the same problem. SM

30 years ago I was a broadcast engineer at a B&W TV station. The
projector bulbs in the RCA film chain were rated for a 20 hour life at
120 volts, and they were pretty close to that figure. I couldn't depend
on a steady supply, so I adjusted the Variac in each project to run them
at 100 volts, and got over 300 hours out of every bulb after that. The
color temperature was out of spec, but you couldn't tell, because
everything was B&W.

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