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?

In article ,
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?

Commercially, the G9 capsule - used in table lamps, etc. - has bent over
wire terminals. There are LED versions of the G9 available. Of course,
whether one of these will fit in the space available is anybody's guess.
You might have to make your own.

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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?

heritage = old banger...tee hee

Yes there are garden lights like this and I've yet to find an led version as
they need to be quite a wide beam width not to look damned silly.

I personally hate thus bulbs as any vibration and they work loose or corrode
with any moisture.

Brian

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In article ,
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?

Commercially, the G9 capsule - used in table lamps, etc. - has bent over
wire terminals. There are LED versions of the G9 available. Of course,
whether one of these will fit in the space available is anybody's guess.
You might have to make your own.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:03:19 +0000, MrCheerful wrote:

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?

Trouble with LEDs is they need some form of current limiting. This could
be something as simple as a 1k resistor in series. So it's certainly do-
able.

On 27/11/2016 09:03, MrCheerful wrote:
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?

I have some in my old van. From the cheery reddish glow I guess they're
under-run, hence they last a long time.

Bill

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:59:07 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote:

In article ,
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?

Commercially, the G9 capsule - used in table lamps, etc. - has bent over
wire terminals. There are LED versions of the G9 available. Of course,
whether one of these will fit in the space available is anybody's guess.
You might have to make your own.

Are you sure that it's the G9? I've fitted only one G9 and that had stiff
contacts, rather like solder tags.
ISTR that somewhere around G4 looks a bit flimbly.
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whilst religions hold sway

On Sunday, 27 November 2016 09:11:38 UTC, Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote:
heritage = old banger...tee hee

Or valuable investment.

On Sunday, 27 November 2016 09:03:22 UTC, MrCheerful wrote:
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?

Yup, that looks like the one.
Thanks

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:11:32 +0000, Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote:

heritage = old banger...tee hee

You are Billy Bunter AICMFP! ("tee hee" indeed!).

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