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   legg to UFO   
   Re: 6v pilot lamp   
   14 Mar 24 07:58:44   
   
   From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:11:16 -0400, "UFO"  wrote:   
      
   >Trying to locate replacement bulbs for an old Wards / Airline transistor   
   >radio, they are 6.3V   
   >but only 20mA rated. Higher rated current lamps are out there, but in this   
   >design they dim the bulb when you tune a station, so looks like they must be   
   >that   
   >rating, which also saves battery power.   
   >   
   >I thought an 1175 lamp would do but the current is wrong. It has to be a T5   
   >screw type   
   >socket. Could not locate a bulb number for it...any ideas?   
   >   
   >This is a pic.  https://ibb.co/Bzxt7mb   
   >   
   >The front bulb is what came out of the radio 6.3v 20mA. The back one is a   
   >type 47, 6-8v 100mA way to big.   
   >   
      
   Used to be a common part for analog meter illumination, so keep   
   looking. Was once a radio shack number.   
      
   RL   
      
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