As I recall I used to replace the voter lamps with 28Vdc lamps and they were not as bright but lasted for a very long time, the 12V lamps run hot-we used to replace all GE and Motorola Grain of wheat bulbs with 28V versions to save on service calls for burnt out lights
Andy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Oliver Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GE Voter Lamps Don't Work I wonder if you ran them at slightly lower voltage they would last much longer? tom wd8chl wrote: > On 3/7/2010 5:44 PM, KE4ZDG wrote: > >> I figured out out. The local/remote switch on the back of the power supply was on local. That disabled the 25V necessary to run the lights. Also, turns out that all the fail lights' bulbs had blown. All is working now. >> >> BTW, it's the old school gray voter w/ 6 cards. >> >> Jared >> > > Yeah, those bulbs are notorious for burning out on a regular basis. > Either get a stockpile, or it should be possible to convert them to LED's. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
