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METER LAMPS GALAXY SATURN REPAIR HELP NEEDED

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The SWR meter lamp in my galaxy saturn homebace has stopped working , Can anyone please tell me what sort of job it is to repair the said fault thanks in advance .Mr George
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WARLOCK wrote: 18 Mar 2018, 18:26 The SWR meter lamp in my galaxy saturn homebace has stopped working , Can anyone please tell me what sort of job it is to repair the said fault thanks in advance .Mr George
Any 12V grain of wheat bulb 3/4mm , 40-70mA works fine for me . Desolder , or cut the 2 wires off the one that's in and resolder the new one . Job done .

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Thanks Sammy, a good reply i understand at last .George
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Hi sammy, will item number 282077176552 on e/bay do the job ?-George
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As long as it's green it should ;)

Sometimes it pays to swap all of them if the new one is obviously brighter or a slightly different shade, so buying a handful is a good way to go.
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I think these are the ones I bought .

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Saying that , I think I got about a 100 from China for that price .

As The Collector already mentioned , it might be worth changing both of them . Change the faulty one first . If you notice too much of a difference then change the other one as well .

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I bought a Saturn many moons back that arrived with a bulb out. I replaced both meter bulbs with diffused warm white LED's which were brighter.
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astradyne wrote: 21 Mar 2018, 12:28 diffused warm white LED's which were brighter.
That'll probably work too Andy . I don't have any leds . Old school all the way ! :)
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cb4ever104 wrote: 21 Mar 2018, 12:33
astradyne wrote: 21 Mar 2018, 12:28 diffused warm white LED's which were brighter.
That'll probably work too Andy . I don't have any leds . Old school all the way ! :)
But Sammy, think of all the savings on your electricity bills by going LED! :lol:
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astradyne wrote: 22 Mar 2018, 02:15
cb4ever104 wrote: 21 Mar 2018, 12:33
astradyne wrote: 21 Mar 2018, 12:28 diffused warm white LED's which were brighter.
That'll probably work too Andy . I don't have any leds . Old school all the way ! :)
But Sammy, think of all the savings on your electricity bills by going LED! :lol:
I'd need to actually switch the radios on for that to happen Andy :)
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Yeah..and switching them on is likely to blow the meter bulbs! Much too risky ;)
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