Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-08 Thread Craig McCluskey 
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 06:53:01 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
 button lights were way too bright for nighttime.  I slipped
 a sheet of exposed film leader in there to dim it down.
 Much better!

I guess it averages out with our Alpine, which as since been replaced,
whose LEDs quit.


Craig

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Frederick Moir 

http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/Grain_of_Wheat_Bulbs.html
Fred Moir
Lynn MA


It's a bulb and not an LED?  Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise at times.

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They did a locomotive once also - it cornered as if on rails.

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Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Alex Chamberlain 

On 3/5/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Just disassembled the little joystick in the center console that
 controls
 the passenger side rear view mirror hoping to change the bulb.  (I'm
 on a

It's a bulb and not an LED?  Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise at times.



I thought it was an LED at first, but close examination shows a tiny
filament inside (broken, of course).  The bulbs in the link Fred posted look
good, but I have some little LEDs lying around and there's room for a
resistor in series to drop the 12V down to something manageable.  Sound like
a good idea?

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey 

good, but I have some little LEDs lying around and there's room for a
resistor in series to drop the 12V down to something manageable.


Might work well there, as you're only trying to light up a
little spot rather than a large field.  LED's are highly directional.
An LED may not dim like the incandescent lamp, but what have
you got to lose?  Just be sure to dial in the resistor in the
dark so the intensity matches the other controls.

-- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas 
I bought a couple of 12V LEDs at the local electronics toyshop, you can 
find those and just put one in.


--R

Jim Cathey wrote:

good, but I have some little LEDs lying around and there's room for a
resistor in series to drop the 12V down to something manageable.

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey 

I bought a couple of 12V LEDs at the local electronics toyshop, you can
find those and just put one in.


I'd recommend a regular one.  Cheaper, and you can adjust the
maximum brightness with the (required) resistor.

I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
button lights were way too bright for nighttime.  I slipped
a sheet of exposed film leader in there to dim it down.
Much better!

-- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-07 Thread Alex Chamberlain 

On 3/7/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I took apart the Alpine in my wife's SL because the stinking
button lights were way too bright for nighttime.  I slipped
a sheet of exposed film leader in there to dim it down.
Much better!



Ooh, good idea.  I just had to replace two out of four of the console window
switches in my car and the replacements from Rusty seem about an order of
magnitude brighter than the old ones---very distracting.

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper

Re: [MBZ] 124 mirror adjuster light bulb

2007-03-06 Thread Jim Cathey 
Just disassembled the little joystick in the center console that 
controls
the passenger side rear view mirror hoping to change the bulb.  (I'm 
on a


It's a bulb and not an LED?  Finding grain-of-wheat bulbs can
be an interesting exercise at times.

-- Jim