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Re: Lifetime of incandescent 9v LEGO lights?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:37:53 GMT
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Todd,

I only recently discovered the 9V "Light & Sound" system and have been
thinking about that question myself.

I've been acquiring used 9V lights recently and some bulbs do seem dimmer
than others. But I don't know what the life expectancy is.

It is too bad that 846 (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/846) is no longer
available. And the prices on Bricklink are a bit out of my range.

I've been wondering if it is more worthwhile (and cheaper) to use bulbs
bought from Radio Shack or a hobby shop and hook them up to a 9V battery box
instead of the official Lego lights.

Is there a web page anywhere that has a tutorial on hooking up Radio Shack
LEDs to a 9V battery box? I would enjoy modifying my trains as Rob Hendrix
has...

http://www.cei.net/~rhendrix/obs-car.html

Bryan

"Todd Lehman" <tsl@tsl.bu.edu> wrote in message
news:HDIE9q.7w5@lugnet.com...
Does anyone know how many hours of life one can expect from a 9v
incandescent LEGO light?  Or if it is in the hundreds of hours or • thousands?

--Todd



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  Lifetime of incandescent 9v LEGO lights?
 
Does anyone know how many hours of life one can expect from a 9v incandescent LEGO light? Or if it is in the hundreds of hours or thousands? --Todd (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)

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