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I can deal with a pandemic, but no more #455 blinking bulbs?

By curtisdehaven

3 years ago


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#11 3 years ago

I don't like the LED blinker bulbs since they blink at the same rate consistently with no variation. Incandescent bulbs don't always blink at the same rate. A might blink faster or slower, or stay lit longer or shorter. There's a lot more variability, which looks more interesting to me.

If you use LED blinker bulbs, sometimes they will cycle through and start all blinking together for a short time before falling out of sync with each other again. You don't really see that with incandescent bulbs.

If I need a blinker bulb, I'll use the older GE incandescents. The blink rate for the eiko incandescent bulbs wasn't very good...they would remain in the off state for much longer periods of time than the GE bulbs.

I'm hoping someone comes up with a good LED blinker bulb at some point that behaves more like an incandescent where the blink and light rates are more variable.

#13 3 years ago
Quoted from Gotemwill:

So can anyone clarify whether the Elko 455s are still being made?
I thought it was known that the original GE bulbs have long been out of stock but if the Elkos are too that’s a different story.

Looks like their website says discontinued.

https://www.eiko.com/category/77/455

#31 3 years ago
Quoted from curtisdehaven:

What exactly is that? I assume the lamp is in series with something? What gets "delayed"?

It can serve as a simple method for the delayed release of a relay.

https://pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=EM_Repair#Delay_Relay

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