Help to ID bulb in blaupunkt radio

[Julien]

Hey,
I'm working on replacing the bulbs on my blaupunk CD148 and I was wondering if someone could help me ID them and perhaps tell me where to find them? Currently they are amber but I think replacing them with red would look pretty good in an e30.

Here is the one for the LCD, It's slightly larger than the others. I imagine I'll have to pull it out of it's little enclosure:


And here are the others. I pulled the little orange condom off it (I guess I'll have to swap that back on the replacement bulbs)


Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd *like* to find these at radio shack, but wouldn't be opposed to ordering them in, especially if I can find them in red.

[Julien]

I went to radio shack and picked up
(2) 272-1092
(1) 272-1141

These are 12 volts. Although the installation went smoothly it looks dim (will check later tonight). I think this radio may require 6volt bulbs.

[Julien]

The unit does indeed require 6volt bulbs. Radioshack only offers the larger mini bulbs (for the lcd) in 6volt, not the micro bulbs (for the buttons)
part number 272-0057

Not sure I'm going to mess with replacing the other bulbs at this point, head unit is perfectly usable. Pretty awesome that blaupunkt put line-in in their units in the 90s! Playing spotify in the picture below:

[E30islifestyle]

I would buy 20mA orange leds and solder them with the right resistor...check you supply voltage for those bulbs it you are sure its 6V then you need 220 ohm 1/4 watt.
make sure you read the spec of led...viewing angle has to be wide to get better illumination for interior lights otherwise you will have some buttons brighter some are not...

Good luck!

[Julien]

I would buy 20mA orange leds and solder them with the right resistor...check you supply voltage for those bulbs it you are sure its 6V then you need 220 ohm 1/4 watt.
make sure you read the spec of led...viewing angle has to be wide to get better illumination for interior lights otherwise you will have some buttons brighter some are not...

Good luck!

Thanks for the info. I broke down and mail ordered some 6 V grain of wheat bulbs last night. I found the red color caps for the smaller bulbs but not for the larger, lcd bulb.