[Public-List] Early model running light question

[Gordon Laco]

The LEDs are available now with identical bases to the incandescent...
Bayonet, screw in, vertical (contacts on the ends), the whole spectrum.

G



On 10/10/11 9:46 AM, "Michael Grosh" <dickdurk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did the LED swap 3 years ago, when choices in bulbs were just starting to
> become available. I got my bulbs from West Marine. The diodes are mounted on
> a length of board (several of them) and that board would not fit into the
> glass lens when used with the bayonet fitting. This may have all changed by
> now. Anyway, with something like 50,000 service hours I figured that
> deleting the spring,and other stuff on the fixture, I was reducing corrosion
> issues. I just soldered a wire to each of the bulb contacts and went from
> there. The brass collar on the bulb is not part of the circuit, at least on
> mine. I bedded the base in clear silicone, for good measure.
> This is all reversable, if it doesn't work out.
> MichaelGrosh
> #220
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