OK - got 2 of the Leds working - for whatever reason I just could not get
the 3rd (the bulb housed over the tach) one to work or even flicker.  I
think I'll try again another time.  Put the old style bulb back in for the
time being and all is good.

Bruce

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:05 AM <christopher@t3technique.com> wrote:

> Bruce - I'm glad you like the new gauge faces. Ken is definitely correct
> about the polarity of the LED lamps (thanks for adding that, Ken). Also,
> the foil can get worn in the area where the lamps make contact. Sometimes a
> little finagling is necessary to get them to make proper contact.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Bruce
> Todd
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 10:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Plasma gauge set
>
> Thanks Kenneth - I'll give it another go.   I get a little nervous when it
> comes to continually touching the foil and wonder how many bulb twists I
> have left.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:03 AM kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Bruce, LED bulbs must be installed a certain way to work.  In other
> > words they need to be installed so that plus matches plug and minus
> > matches minus.  If they aren't they won't work.  Normal bulbs don't
> > have this issue.  So if you can't get LED instrument lights to work,
> > turn them around and they should work.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:16 AM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Just wanted to report I spent the weekend ploddingly installing a
> >> plasma gauge set and really like the results.  The instructions were
> >> pretty straight forward and luckily everything came apart easily and
> >> I didn't further depreciate the brittle plastic gauge and instrument
> >> housing or the blue plastic ribbon.
> >>
> >> The only thing that I couldn't get working were the replacement LED
> >> bulbs
> >> -
> >> so I kept the old style  bulbs in place instead.  The plasma gauges
> >> are backlit so it doesn't really matter.
> >>
> >> This is a really nice upgrade.
> >>
> >> https://t3technique.com/electrical/plasma-gauge-set/
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >
>
>