On 27/11/2016 08:50, harry wrote:
The dash board light on my (heritage ) car are strange ones.
They are filament but there is no metal base, the wires just emerge from a glass capsule and are bent over. It just pushes into the holder.

I've seen similar on some Christmas lights.

What's the prospect for using some sort of LED instead?


They are called capless wedge bulbs, usually 1.2w No idea about led
replacements, but they last a long time anyway, is it worth it?