Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
Another ham directed me to a CoinTaker, pinball machine parts company at http://www.cointaker.com, for LED 47 replacements. Go to the quick search box and search for 47 and you'll get 104 products that includes bundles of 100 along with both specific pinball applications and regular frosted bulbs in various colors. I haven't bought any of these yet, but at only $0.69 each for the regular 47 replacements, I intend to to give them a try. 73, Tony Stalls K4KYO At 12:47 AM 2/3/2011, Dennis Monticelli wrote: The LEDs in this product look just like the ones that come in the XMAS lite strings. That market probably drove mass production and low prices, which in turn enabled this outfit to build a bulb. It would probably benefit from a diffuser in some applicatons. Thanks for sharing your finding with the group. Dennis AE6C On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Kevin Elliott mailto:kg...@yahoo.comkg...@yahoo.com wrote: First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites. I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I went looking for a different source and I found one that was much cheaper. The company sells #47 Blue (or other color) LED bulbs. The best thing is the price... $1.58 each. The worked perfect on the main dial but were not quite bright enough for the meters until I took the reflector off and scrubbed it white again. Now for $3.18 I can but the blue bulbs in the TR-4 or even opt for red since I ordered some of them and they look very nice as well. Here is the link http://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspxhttp://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspx Enjoy ___ Drakelist mailing list mailto:Drakelist@zerobeat.netDrakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
SuperBrightLeds.com also has some similar to those: http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPagePage2Disp=%2FBA9S6_specs.htm 98 cents for wide angle (looks like single led) or $1.98 for a 4 LED cluster (BA9s). From: Kevin Elliott To: drakelist Date: 2/2/2011 3:45 PM Subject:[Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes http://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspx ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
[Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites. I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I went looking for a different source and I found one that was much cheaper. The company sells #47 Blue (or other color) LED bulbs. The best thing is the price... $1.58 each. The worked perfect on the main dial but were not quite bright enough for the meters until I took the reflector off and scrubbed it white again. Now for $3.18 I can but the blue bulbs in the TR-4 or even opt for red since I ordered some of them and they look very nice as well. Here is the link http://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspx Enjoy ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
Kevin, I see the blue frosted bulbs on the E site at $5.00 right now But it now... 73, Lee -Original Message- From: Kevin Elliott kg...@yahoo.com To: drakelist drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Wed, Feb 2, 2011 6:48 pm Subject: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites. I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I went looking for a different source and I found one that was much cheaper. The company sells #47 Blue (or other color) LED bulbs. The best thing is the price... $1.58 each. The worked perfect on the main dial but were not quite bright enough for the meters until I took the reflector off and scrubbed it white again. Now for $3.18 I can but the blue bulbs in the TR-4 or even opt for red since I ordered some of them and they look very nice as well. Here is the link http://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspx Enjoy ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Kevin Elliott wrote: First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites. I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I went looking for a different source and I found one that was much cheaper. The company sells #47 Blue (or other color) LED bulbs. The best thing is the price... $1.58 each. The worked perfect on the main dial but were not quite bright enough for the meters until I took the reflector off and scrubbed it white again. Now for $3.18 I can but the blue bulbs in the TR-4 or even opt for red since I ordered some of them and they look very nice as well. I got them for around that, possibly less (depends upon color) from http:superbrightleds.com. They have really good technical support, I was trying to figure out how to replace the grain of wheat bulbs in a Ten-Tec Argonaut 409, and we had a fairly long email conversation about it. I used them to replace the bulbs in my SPR-4, blue bulbs for the meter and VFO dial, and a white one for the crystal switch. It looks good, but I would prefer a little more read in the white one. They ship small quantities in a flat envelope which makes international shipments go faster. My orders came in a week, except for when I ordered too many (actually less cost, they were bare LEDs instead of bulbs) and they sent them in a box. That took almost three weeks. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it. ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
The LEDs in this product look just like the ones that come in the XMAS lite strings. That market probably drove mass production and low prices, which in turn enabled this outfit to build a bulb. It would probably benefit from a diffuser in some applicatons. Thanks for sharing your finding with the group. Dennis AE6C On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Kevin Elliott kg...@yahoo.com wrote: First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites. I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I went looking for a different source and I found one that was much cheaper. The company sells #47 Blue (or other color) LED bulbs. The best thing is the price... $1.58 each. The worked perfect on the main dial but were not quite bright enough for the meters until I took the reflector off and scrubbed it white again. Now for $3.18 I can but the blue bulbs in the TR-4 or even opt for red since I ordered some of them and they look very nice as well. Here is the link http://www.centsibleamusements.com/pinball-led-44-47.aspx Enjoy ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Blue LED Bulbs for Drakes
On Feb 3, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Dennis Monticelli wrote: The LEDs in this product look just like the ones that come in the XMAS lite strings. That market probably drove mass production and low prices, which in turn enabled this outfit to build a bulb. It would probably benefit from a diffuser in some applicatons. I have not seen the ones you are discussing. I bought mine elsewhere. The ones that I have bought are not like old fashioned LEDs. The LEDs themselves seem to be some sort of plstic diffuser, so they radiate light in almost all directions (the light is blocked by the leads). They actually radiate more evenly than a real bulb does. In some cases, I've thought of making a reflector from aluminum foil to focus the light more. The bulbs are the LEDs stuck into a base with some circuitry that allows them to run on the same voltage as the bulbs they replaced did, and they can run on AC or either polarity DC. They function in series and the #47 replacements work with a dropping resistor designed to run a #47 on 12 volts. I've also bought 12 volt versions, which work perfectly in radios that run them directly off of a 12v (13.8v) supply. I'm not sure if a purist would want them. The white ones are too blue to match a #47 exactly. On my SPR-4, it does not matter, the one bulb which is unfiltered shows up fine, and the other two which are blue filtered I replaced with blue ones anyway. It may not look like Drake intended, but the look is IMHO good. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it. ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
