Quoted from CactusJack:well, the roll over button light is the "lights special" light as shown in Rolf's schematic snippet above. So you must use a #44 there. Like you said, the Special itself is not on for as long a time.
Correct.
I went through this with my Ship Ahoy for the spinner lamp.
Even with the correct 44 bulb would see 7.5 volts. I ended up changing the resistance value so the voltage dropped down and the lamps last a lot longer.