If you can stand going into a Radio Shack, the part number there for a 6.3 Volt screw in bulb, #40, is 272-1128, about a buck and a half for 2, I guess.
::It is a screw-in and the bad one removed looks like it says it is a # 40 but is hard to tell for sure... Is this correct or is there
::a substitute? Is it a bulb normally only available
::from places like AES or RadioDaze?
::thanks, bob
:
:
:If you can stand going into a Radio Shack, the part number there for a 6.3 Volt screw in bulb, #40, is 272-1128, about a buck and a half for 2, I guess.
Bob:
Do you live in the Atlanta area, or all Radio Shacks in the USA as sorry as the ones around here? Bite the bullet and buy a #40 for now and get the radio looking right, and search the net for a #46 at some reasonable price. Also, there are six Volt car instrument lamps that may work, #55 comes to mind, that might be found at your local auto parts store, if you don't want to be embarassed by the vast knowlege of a tatooed Radio Shack teenie.
Lewis
Lewis
:::Lewis,
:::It may take great effort but I think I can muster enough fortitude to trip the gong as I enter my local Radio Shack and have that over-eager clerk come bolting at me from behing the counter as if I were his next meal. And...I know that when I tell him what I want his response will be: either, we are out but I can order you one or "there is no demand for those anymore so we no stock them but you can order them on-line.... That said...the bulb I need must be a
:::#46 according to Carl T's research. Do you have at your command a Radio Shack equivalent to a #46?
:::Bob
::
::
::Bob:
::Do you live in the Atlanta area, or all Radio Shacks in the USA as sorry as the ones around here? Bite the bullet and buy a #40 for now and get the radio looking right, and search the net for a #46 at some reasonable price. Also, there are six Volt car instrument lamps that may work, #55 comes to mind, that might be found at your local auto parts store, if you don't want to be embarassed by the vast knowlege of a tatooed Radio Shack teenie.
::Lewis
:What am I thinking? auto bulbs are bayonet, not screw in...I guess I have worked on airplanes, where you don't screw in bulbs for vibration reasons, too long.
:Lewis
Bob,
According to the info on Chuck's web site, the 6608 is a #46 bulb:
http://philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm
Carl T
::It is a screw-in and the bad one removed looks like it says it is a # 40 but is hard to tell for sure... Is this correct or is there
::a substitute? Is it a bulb normally only available
::from places like AES or RadioDaze?
::thanks, bob
:
:Bob,
:According to the info on Chuck's web site, the 6608 is a #46 bulb:
:http://philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm
:Carl T
For $2.75 you can purchase a box of 10 #46 bulbs/lamps from Bob's Antique Radios & Electronics at: http://www.radioantiques.com/ which includes shipping/postage in the US of A.
Radiodoc
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:Thanks Carl,
:I have asked Lewis if there is a Radio Shack equivalent to a #46..
:Bob
:
:::It is a screw-in and the bad one removed looks like it says it is a # 40 but is hard to tell for sure... Is this correct or is there
:::a substitute? Is it a bulb normally only available
:::from places like AES or RadioDaze?
:::thanks, bob
::
::Bob,
::According to the info on Chuck's web site, the 6608 is a #46 bulb:
::http://philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm
::Carl T
In a Philco Model 84 either a #40 or #46 could be used. #46 will be brighter drawing 250 ma and would be original. #40 draws 150 ma.
Norm
:Bob,
:
:For $2.75 you can purchase a box of 10 #46 bulbs/lamps from Bob's Antique Radios & Electronics at: http://www.radioantiques.com/ which includes shipping/postage in the US of A.
:
:Radiodoc
:***********
:
::Thanks Carl,
::I have asked Lewis if there is a Radio Shack equivalent to a #46..
::Bob
::
::::It is a screw-in and the bad one removed looks like it says it is a # 40 but is hard to tell for sure... Is this correct or is there
::::a substitute? Is it a bulb normally only available
::::from places like AES or RadioDaze?
::::thanks, bob
:::
:::Bob,
:::According to the info on Chuck's web site, the 6608 is a #46 bulb:
:::http://philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm
:::Carl T
:Just a question: won't the 46 bulb - operating a @ 250mA - produce a bit more heat that the 40? This might come into play if the bulb is close to a celluloid dial. We've all seen more that one dial ruined by the wrong lamp. I'm not familiar with the bulb placement in a Philco 84 and this may not be a problem in that radio - but, in general, should one tend toward the "cooler" lamp in such situations??
:Just a question: won't the 46 bulb - operating a @ 250mA - produce a bit more heat that the 40? This might come into play if the bulb is close to a celluloid dial. We've all seen more that one dial ruined by the wrong lamp. I'm not familiar with the bulb placement in a Philco 84 and this may not be a problem in that radio - but, in general, should one tend toward the "cooler" lamp in such situations??
:Hi
:
: In a Philco Model 84 either a #40 or #46 could be used. #46 will be brighter drawing 250 ma and would be original. #40 draws 150 ma.
:
:Norm
:
::Bob,
::
::For $2.75 you can purchase a box of 10 #46 bulbs/lamps from Bob's Antique Radios & Electronics at: http://www.radioantiques.com/ which includes shipping/postage in the US of A.
::
::Radiodoc
::***********
::
:::Thanks Carl,
:::I have asked Lewis if there is a Radio Shack equivalent to a #46..
:::Bob
:::
:::::It is a screw-in and the bad one removed looks like it says it is a # 40 but is hard to tell for sure... Is this correct or is there
:::::a substitute? Is it a bulb normally only available
:::::from places like AES or RadioDaze?
:::::thanks, bob
::::
::::Bob,
::::According to the info on Chuck's web site, the 6608 is a #46 bulb:
::::http://philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm
::::Carl T