President Adams s meter bulb

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bulb just went in the meter , where is the best place to get some , been out of the loop for a while , 73 Jim
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Grain of wheat 12v bulb off eBay
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cheers
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I have some jim
Kill em all and let god sort them out.
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mrpsychopath wrote: 08 Jun 2021, 14:06 I have some jim
cheers old boy but just ordered some ,, thanks anyway
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I would say 14V to keep bulb alive longer.
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Just don't buy them off Radio Tr**** for £7.99 each!!!! You can get about 10 for that.

And I'm glad to see you're not sticking an awful, retina-bursting LED in its place ;) Retro looks rule!
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gawd no , radio is still original from factory
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The bulbs are 14v 40mA. 12v will not last as long maybe. Or use a warm white 3mm LED with 680 to 1k resistor in series. They look nearly identical.
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Apologies I typo’d

14v 🤬
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i have had this radio from the early 80s and this will be its first bulb change , hope for the same again
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109 Jim wrote: 09 Jun 2021, 05:19 i have had this radio from the early 80s and this will be its first bulb change , hope for the same again
Yeah . Hopefully we'll all still be around in 40 years to hear about its next bulb change :lol:
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I won't be, so you'll be glad to hear that I won't still be going on about Fidelity 1000's in 40 years time :)
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The Collector wrote: 09 Jun 2021, 19:35 I won't be
Now , now . You never know Dave . I'm planning on freezing myself , and my ADAMS , together in my cryogenics chamber :)
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This comes in handy if you have a Adams lol
http://78roger.free.fr/president/manuel ... /adams.pdf
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