Hi Craig,
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:03:38 -0500, Craig Roberts wrote:
>I think you may be onto something, Jim! Some time ago my PTO and meter
>dial lamps were replaced by LEDs. This is a practice frowned upon by the
>likes of Jeff Covelli. He objects on aesthetic grounds ("not original")
>but also because these devices occasionally short out causing, in his
>words, "some problems."
I respect Jeff's opinion, and I'm inclined to leave the lamps in my C-Line for
similar reasons. As for the LEDs shorting out, Garey is on the money on that
one. It's not the LEDs that cuase problems, they have current limit resistors.
I've taken out that fuse more than once with just plain old lamps in the
sockets. FOr the 7-line, I think it looks so much more "modern" with the cool
blue LEDs. It just doesn't seem right to have digital readout, frequency
synthesis, and the other advanced features of the 7-line backed by incandescent
lamps.
>Here's hoping. Whaddya think, Jim?
I hope it's that simple. Still, a short on the 13 volt rail shouldn't be that
hard to track down by process of elimination.
73
-Jim
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