Has anyone come up with a bulb, led, candle anything that will stop burning out in the control unit?
73 Bob W7LRD
Vince's LED fix is the right one! However, several years ago, I was fixing mine, and noticed the bulbs have series resistors which are not shown in the schematic. I had spare bulbs from Yaesu, and replaced the resistors at the same time with the next higher standard value. (33 ohms to 39 ohms, or something close.) The loss in output was negligible, and they have yet to burn out. When they do, I have LEDs set aside.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:26 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5400 light
Has anyone come up with a bulb, led, candle anything that will stop burning out in the control unit?
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Bob, I did LEDs too. You can see how I did it at www.kk0sd.net 73,Joe kk0sd
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:26:03 +0000 From: w7lrd@comcast.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5400 light
Has anyone come up with a bulb, led, candle anything that will stop burning out in the control unit?
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