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Replacement strobe bulb

jhoyt

jhoyt

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Where can I find a replacement strobe bulb for my Pioneer PL-71? It uses a funky neon tube, that I suspect was used on quite a few 'tables. I nixed the idea of an LED replacement, since there's about 110v across the circuit, and dropping it to LED-acceptable levels would take a whopper of a resistor, and produce a lot of heat.
 
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It's just a neon bulb, isn't it? Radio Shack used to carry a NE-2 bulb with a dropping resistor already soldered in series with it.
 
RS may well have a bulb but it might be in a panel mount holder. I used a LED in mine. I found the transformer inside had an 11v tap, so it was easy to drop to the right level. And the blue light looks friggin awesome! John
 
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