Guage Illumination Meltdown

[cstaup]

I melted the red lenses on the dash gauges. I had the brighter lights on for about 5 minutes. In order to remove the blobs , I had to break the bulbs. I assume that I had too high a watt for the dash. Any one ever had this happen? I never had this happen whilst in the US Army on any of my trucks.

Chris

[Rainman]

Well Chris,
At this time, 60 views and zero replies. Looks like your the first one, or at least nobody else is willing to admit it. I have seen different wattage 24v bulbs on the market, but when mine have blown, I grabbed a replacement out of an old gauge cluster. With all the experience (old age) we have on this board, who'd think a young guy would get to be first at something? Your a lucky man indeed Cstaup. I do have some used T/O's your welcome to, but with a jeep as clean as yours, I'm guessing you'll go with new caps.
Rainman

[raymond]

I tried putting a 12v bulb in the high beam indicator. It burned out as soon as power was applied.

[cstaup]

Well Chris,
At this time, 60 views and zero replies. Looks like your the first one, or at least nobody else is willing to admit it. I have seen different wattage 24v bulbs on the market, but when mine have blown, I grabbed a replacement out of an old gauge cluster. With all the experience (old age) we have on this board, who'd think a young guy would get to be first at something? Your a lucky man indeed Cstaup. I do have some used T/O's your welcome to, but with a jeep as clean as yours, I'm guessing you'll go with new caps.
Rainman

I have a couple more and I'm gonna hit the local Grainger for some lesser wattage 24v bulbs