Hard to find Globe

What The 18 years ago

I have a small dash globe (or a group as i want to replace them all at once) that i'm having trouble locating in the right wattage to properly illuminate my dials.

They are made by Toshiba, ~6mm diameter capsule, wedge base with a 1A/3watt power rating.

Its 6mm all the way up, *not* larger (~15mm) around the filament like most of the globes of a higher wattage i've found. A local globe shop at north parramatta has got the right size, but only in 1.75W and at maximum brightness i don't feel they're good enough.

Any hints where i might be able to find something to replace my existing ones?

(P.S Nissan wants $47 each (!!!!!!) for them, not too keen on that price)

Thanks!

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What The 18 years ago

Looking closer the diameter may even be as small as 5mm, the batter is dead in my vernier calipers...

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Rheilly Phoull 18 years ago

I would be thinking of hi intensity LED's which would be long lasting and much cheaper than "genuine" !!

Cheers .............. Rheilly P

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Den 18 years ago

These guys have always been able to help me:

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What The 18 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion Rheilly.

The trouble with LED's is their "beam". No matter if theyre and inverted cone diffused type, there is ALWAYS a hot spot and often they don't illuminate the needles clearly. I was trying to stay away from an LED conversion on my dash, to do it right, i'd have to dismantle the cluster.

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Rheilly Phoull 18 years ago

Yeah, you're right. I was thinking of the 'idiot lights; :-) Rheilly P

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