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Author Topic: LED bulbs for Strong Platters Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-16-2010 09:35 AM                        I've searched the forums and can't this answer, and I'm sure someone has already done this. Do they make such a thing as an LED bayonet replacement bulb for the "down lights" (that shine over the removable brains)for a Strong AP3 platter? No matter which brand of incandescent bulb I buy, they seem to last about a week or two then quit. I think the vibration of the platter kills the bulb.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 06-16-2010 10:07 AM                     Sorry I don't have an answer to your question about LED replacements, but I find the lifespan you are getting to be rather strange. I've found they last at least a year or so.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 06-16-2010 10:27 AM                     Ken. You're lucky. Some of mine last a long time, but most of them go out after a month or so.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-16-2010 11:31 AM                        I don't have an LED number for you, BUT. . . if you need a good incandescent, you will need a 130 volt bulb with more "supports" than the cheap bulbs. The combination of heat and vibration is what causes failure. The 130 v lowers heat a bit and the extra supports reduce vibration on the filament. Another possibility is to go to 12 v which has a short, heavy filament and use resistors or transformwers. Louis  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-16-2010 11:54 AM                        What size are the bayonet bulbs? Are they 9mm or larger. I've found some on line, but unsure what size the ones I have in there are.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-16-2010 03:37 PM                        Mine last a few months each and the platters are never shut off.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 06-17-2010 09:04 AM                     The 130v bulbs suck. They are a lot dimmer. They do last a bit longer though.  |  IP: Logged Larry Zuverink Film Handler Posts: 98 From: Caledonia, MI, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-17-2010 09:14 AM                     I don't have number for you but we used IDEC LED lamps if I remember correctly. At the time they were very pricy. About $45 a lamp but that was a few years ago.  |  IP: Logged Jason Metcalfe Expert Film Handler Posts: 134 From: Austin, TX, U.S. Registered: May 2010 posted 07-12-2010 09:45 PM                     We have the same problems with these bulbs. They don't seem to last more than a few weeks and then they die, which would be nice if they weren't so useless in the first place. Someone should jump on this (film-tech), I would definitely buy a supply of LED bulbs that were compatible with our platter arms  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-12-2010 10:54 PM                     I'm leaning more towards just changing the sockets out to a c-7 socket. Anybody tried this yet?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 07-13-2010 07:35 AM                        Careful: on line purchaes don't guarantee anything. I order mine directly from Osram/Sylvania. I KNOW what I am buying and, yes, they do cost more. You get what you pay for. I also would like to see an LED that would work.. Going to be pricy, though. Louis  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-13-2010 09:46 AM                        I went to the local Lowe's home improvement store over the weekend and bought 4 - 120v 15w bayonet base "appliance bulbs" that work perfectly. Don't know what kind of life I'll get out of them, but for now it works well.  |  IP: Logged

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