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Pilot Lamp

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Looking for something that can replace the attached pictures. It's a pilot lamp from a Panasonic tape deck. I can't tell if it's 12v, 24v etc. Never mind what the MA is. Was hoping someone here might be able to help. Did a check at Mouser and Digikey but using, "pilot lamp" yielded me no solutions. Thanks for any suggestions.
 

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In addition to checking the two sources I already mentioned I did check Radio Shack. Nothing that is the same or close to what I have pictured here. In addition to a source I am looking for someone with more experience than I on what the likely usable specs would be on this. 12v, 24v, etc.
 
Dgwojo

Contact AK member dgwojo. His website is www.dgwojo.com

He carries most lamps and what he doesn't carry he can probably make. I ordered a full set of lamps for an SX-650 I gave to my teenage daughter. He checks every lamp before sending it out, replies quickly to any questions, offers helpful hints and even included solder and heat shrink tubing with my order. He thinks of everything. :thmbsp: :thmbsp:
 
More than likely 6 volts. Could even be 3. Why don't you just take a multimeter and measure the circuit?
 
It looks like a typical grain of wheat lamp... more likely to be 12 or 14V than 6V would be my guess but as mentioned get a meter reading on it. Tip: check for both AC and DC voltages. A lot of the time pilot lamps are driven right off a transformer with AC.

If dgwojo doesn't have that particular one, can also try Ken's Electronics - the seller is a tad eccentric but has a very wide variety of obsolete lamps including a lot of this particular type.

John
 
Thanks. I will take a meter to it but the lamp is part of the housing around it so it looks like I will need to clip the wires and solder the lamp in. No issue there. However for this to work I was hoping I might find a replacement "with" the housing. Sent a note to dgwojo. Waiting to hear back. Appreciate the insight.
 
The housing is likely specific to the deck's manufacturer. It's normally possible to remove the old broken lamp and re-use the fixture, but if the material's too fragile at this point, might have to fabricate something similar. No way you'll find a new lamp in that housing, is my bet.

I'd find a lamp (either grain of wheat w/leads, or bare wire terminal lamp) and splice it to the end of that harness, then figure out how to mount it in the original housing.

BTW, usually those things are a rubberized or plastic housing that the lamp is inserted in, but it may have fused into a single part with age. It may even have been cast around the lamp, can't tell from the pics. You may have to destroy the lamp and remove it in pieces to preserve the housing.

John
 
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