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Good source for Test Light bulbs?

red73mustang

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With all the Radio Shacks closing I was wondering if anyone has a good (see cheap) source for generic replacement bulbs that go in DC Automotive Test lights? One of my bulbs has "pointed ends" on it and the other one looks like a standard glass type fuse with the flat ends. Hoping the new LED style would be more durable.
Thanks, Chet
 
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Tony G

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My Snapon dealer has them whenever I need one But you sound too tight with a buck to walk onto a tool truck.
 

redmondjp

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You can put in a LED in series with a 600-800 ohm resistor and you'll never have to change the bulb again (of course, it will be polarity sensitive then, unless you also add a bridge rectifier which is made up of four diodes).
 
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