The parts express LEDs would probably be close enough.
Minor Vintage Repair?
I've got a 40 year old Toshiba SA-2500 25 wpc receiver I got back in high school. Mid-fi at best in its day but well reviewed in its day and well reviewed recently by vintage audiophiles. It is in good shape and I use it regularly down at my country place. However, the light behind the station indicator is burned out. Without it you can't see which station you're on and you can't tell when the unit is on or off. The clear plastic indicator moves back and forth on a cable moved by the tuning dial. There is a wire that goes to it that presumably provides the power to the light but I do not see anything there that looks like a conventional light bulb.
Anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Probably not worth spending the money on sending it to anyone for professional repair.
Anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Probably not worth spending the money on sending it to anyone for professional repair.
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The link shows a picture but doesn't say what those are. I'm assuming they are wire clips.Those are spring wire connector. https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Connectors-Connector-Terminal-Barrier/dp/B07MXG2YM1/ref=sr_1_56_sspa?k... Sorry for the late reply. |
Update: I bought regular 14v bulbs with bare wire leads. Cut the original bulbs out. Soldered the bare wire to the original wires and used tiny little heat shrink tubes to cover the bare wire and solder joint. They all work and it looks great but these bulbs are white so the greenish blue light is not there but it still looks great. I've got some little colored bulb covers on order but at this point I probably will not open it up again. No sense in tempting the fates which were very kind to me.....no smoke, no electrocution, no additional damage to unit. Need to quit while I'm ahead. |
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