Carver Meter Bulb

[Zsi97]

Does anyone have any experience changing the meter bulbs in a Carver
TFM 15 amp? Is it easy to change the meter bulbs? What is the price of a bulb? Where can I find one? How do I know which bulbs to buy? Thanks.

[poneal]

I would try and get ahold of bob carver over at sunfire. http://www.sunfire.com . Maybe someone there can help you out.

[turbodog]

Not with a TFM 15. I searched today for replacement bulbs for my CM-1090 power meters. May or may not be the bulb you need. The only source I found was

http://www.donberg.ie/descript/a/audoap37.htm

Unfortunately, they have a minimum order/handling of $41.00 (rough conversion from Euro's)

I'm going to solder leads onto a wedge-base auto instrument panel bulb for now while I keep searching.

I suggest you open it up and look to see what you need.

Carver will sell you a service manual for ~$10.00, but it only lists the Carver part number for the bulb. They might help over the phone, but I sorta doubt it. Here's the website:

http://www.carveraudio.com/default2.htm

It has links for manuals, equipment repair, and a Carver-specific BBS... I did not find it very enlightening.

HTH.

[turbodog]

update:
On my CM1090, I tried both 12V auto dash lamps and RatShack 12v 50 mA peanut bulbs. I had to solder wire onto both to get them to reach the PCB connections. Both lit the meters fine, so I went with the RatShack bulbs (less current, 50mA vs, ~170mA for the auto bulbs... less heat).