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From: jim whitby <mr.spock@spockmall.net>
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Subject: Re: 6v pilot lamp
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:45:34 -0000 (UTC)
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> Trying to locate replacement bulbs for an old Wards / Airline transistor
> radio, they are 6.3V but only 20mA rated. Higher rated current lamps are
> out there, but in this design they dim the bulb when you tune a station,
> so looks like they must be that rating, which also saves battery power.
> 
> I thought an 1175 lamp would do but the current is wrong. It has to be a
> T5 screw type socket. Could not locate a bulb number for it...any ideas?
> 
> This is a pic.  https://ibb.co/Bzxt7mb
> 
> The front bulb is what came out of the radio 6.3v 20mA. The back one is
> a type 47, 6-8v 100mA way to big.

Closest thing I could find. 

Lamp # 342
	6V AC/6V DC	0.2W	0.04A	T1 3/4	blub

from 
mcmaster.com/products/miniature-screw-base-light-bulbs/voltage~6v-ac/





-- 
Jim Whitby


When people say nothing, they don't necessarily mean nothing.
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