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I went completely off at a tangent earlier and decided to restore the lamp that Andrew dropped off to me ages ago.
Well restore perhaps not the word as I really wanted the period look but not the period candle 21W lamp (plus reflector is crusty !)
First in pieces
And the reflector/holder cleaned up, zinc coated and then clear coat, should be good for a bit.
So converted it to a 3 x LED cluster by chopping up some standard lamps (holders would make them too tall) that I had from LED lamp past experiments in the indicators (which failed) but these clusters perfect for directional light like reverse
And then mounted into the lamp holder itself
A glob of hot melting glue and its all potted and then some chrome enamel paint over the mess.
And get the glass on now
All that light, nice glass and chrome fitting and less than 60mA !!!! rather than the 2A or so a standard 21W would take and the light output should be 3X
Glad i found a use for these lamps. Might do same mod for the fog lamp but thats a modern casing
Well restore perhaps not the word as I really wanted the period look but not the period candle 21W lamp (plus reflector is crusty !)
First in pieces
And the reflector/holder cleaned up, zinc coated and then clear coat, should be good for a bit.
So converted it to a 3 x LED cluster by chopping up some standard lamps (holders would make them too tall) that I had from LED lamp past experiments in the indicators (which failed) but these clusters perfect for directional light like reverse
And then mounted into the lamp holder itself
A glob of hot melting glue and its all potted and then some chrome enamel paint over the mess.
And get the glass on now
All that light, nice glass and chrome fitting and less than 60mA !!!! rather than the 2A or so a standard 21W would take and the light output should be 3X
Glad i found a use for these lamps. Might do same mod for the fog lamp but thats a modern casing