

| Subject: | Re: High beam dash bulb |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:17:09 -0400 |
At 02:50 PM 4/28/2015, Roy Nicholl wrote: >If you have already gone through the effort to pull the cluster, >just replace the bulbs with LEDs And do you have a drop-in replacement for the high-beam indicator lamp, with a built-in load resistor or voltage-regulator chip in a T1-3/4 wire lead package? Or are you planning on soldering in a replacement for the existing series resistor, and in that case what specific LED and what value of load resistor for it do you have in mind? Yrs, David >On 28-Apr-2015, at 15:33, David Beierl wrote: > > > At 02:29 PM 4/28/2015, Richard Smith wrote: > >> I have a VERY dim high beam indicator light - is this something anyone > >> else has encountered? Is it an old age thing, and a new bulb would help? A > >> wiring issue? (1985 Westfalia GL) > > > > You will have to discover this for yourself, with a voltmeter if > > necessary. But I suspect that if you pull the lamp you''ll find the > > capsule plated over with a fine mirror coating of tungsten from > the filament. > > > > Yours, > > David
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