On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:42:44 -0500, aemeijers wrote:

On 1/26/2011 7:28 PM, Meat Plow wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:22:03 -0500, aemeijers wrote:

Anybody know a source for T1 1/4 wire base bulbs (NOT LEDs) with blue
tint? Trying to replace the lights on the HVAC controls for a 2005
Caravan. Dealer claims they are unserviceable, and wants to sell me a
whole new pod for hundreds of dollars. I have already replaced them
with T1's (too small) after buying T1 3/4 that were too big (I feel
like Goldilocks), but the T1s are too short, and the blue condoms make
them too dim. I am aware of McMaster-Carr and Allied- that is where I
wasted my money on the first two tries, for the condoms and bulbs
respectively. Allied has clear bulbs in the right size (now that dummy
me figured out what the size is), but not the tinted ones.

And yes, I already tried rec.autos.tech.

Can't you apply an acrylic blue tint to the bulbs. Or just suffer with
a white light?




I'm no artist or painter- where would I get that in small quantity at a
decent price? I was just thinking blue nail polish or model paint of the
'candy' variety.

A clear blue tinted nail polish might work if the lamp didn't get too
hot. I used to tint Grain of Wheat lamps all the time with nail polish.



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