On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:44:32 -0800 (PST), bob haller
wrote:

On Dec 21, 12:29Â*pm, micky wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:17:03 -0500, Norminn
wrote:





On 12/21/2011 12:04 PM, micky wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:10:47 -0500,
wrote:

OP, go to a toy store or doll house forum and ask about replacement
bulbs.

Craft stores might be even better than toy stores learning about
building and refurbishing doll houses. Â* At least some of them.

Michaels probably carried some basic miniature lighting gear, but there
are loads of online sources with all manner of transformers, wiring,
sockets, fixtures, etc. Â*Don't need to be an electrician to install it.

If it was doable, refurbishing an old dollhouse, I would update it with
more modern trans. and wiring...for safety as well as aethetic.

What is the safety issue? Â* The little bulbs don't get very hot.

I have radios going back to the 1930's and their transformers, cords,
and internal wiring are in excellent shape. Â* The only thing that
wears out is the capacitors, which a doll house won't have.

Aesthetic is a matter of taste, of coures, but I would like to keep it
original, and also no one I know uses LEDs for lighting.



Also look he
http://www.mouser.com/Optoelectronic..._/N-5g6p/Â*and the
links there.
http://www.mouser.com/Optoelectronic...amps/_/N-5g6r/
has a way to search by base, size, etc.

I don't think any of these are small enough
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most older radios have NON POLARIZED PLUGS and hot chassis. along with
no ground

a real hazard......

these sort of issues are why a wiring upgrade may be a good idea
MOST older radios with cloth cords were NOT hot chassis units. They
had power transformers. Series string fillament radios (All American
Five) had hot chassis, but virtually none of them had cloth covered
cords, and the later ones DID have polarized plugs.

What we are dealing with here is NOT a metal chassis, and it is NOT a
unit that requires polarization or a ground.