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where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:33 pm
by tib996
hi anyone know where to get the 5v little bulbs that go in the obc back light
i live in lancashire if anyone knows where to get any i would be very greatfull
or if any one has any spare to sell me even better
thanks in advance
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:34 pm
by smithy318i
Have you thought about using LED's ?
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:38 pm
by tib996
i'll use any thing as long as it lights it up i just dont know were to get them but im sure i zoner will know
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:44 pm
by blingsta
Maplins..
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:57 pm
by daimlerman
I tried the suggestion for LEDs for this,they lasted two days!!I then took a deep breath and paid the stealer £20 for the proper fitting.I keep telling myself that you remember the quality long after the price is forgotten(via clenched teeth...do not tell er indoors..)Off topic,its er indoors 50th birthday in July,I am trusting to zoners to keep reminding me...please...
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:02 pm
by stranter
If you mean the bulb that lights up the buttons then it's the dealer I think, as the bulb is not seperable from the holder.
If it's the lcd display panel then you need to get your sodlering iron out and get two bulbs from maplins. Take the light bar with you from the OBC (it slides out at the side) and match it with one in their catalogue (I got some 12v bulbs). It took me less than 10 minutes to remove the old bulbs and solder new ones in. I'd previously never picked up a soldering iron either!
No need to waste £20 on the panel from the dealers.
Stewart
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:09 pm
by tib996
does anyone know the maplins cataloge no# of the bulbs for the back light ie the ones you solder in ta
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:13 pm
by orangecurry
Bulbs available from
www.cpc.co.uk , part no. SC00337.
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:18 pm
by tib996
thanks i new one of you zoners would know ta very much off to oreder them now
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:18 pm
by Globulator
From a BMW dealer?
Little bits are peanuts!
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:27 pm
by orangecurry
tib996 wrote:thanks i new one of you zoners would know ta very much off to oreder them now
watch out for the postage costs though from CPC!
I bought mine with a load of other stuff, so postage was free.
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:29 pm
by smithy318i
Globulator wrote:From a BMW dealer?
Little bits are peanuts!
No need to waste £20 on the panel from the dealers.
you cant buy the bulbs from the dealer without the holder and thats £22
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:17 pm
by Brianmoooore
orangecurry wrote:]watch out for the postage costs though from CPC!
I bought mine with a load of other stuff, so postage was free.
tib996 is in Lancashire; so is CPC, in Preston.
Re: where to get obc bulbs
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:05 am
by gazza
dont forget to change both bulbs at once and they are wired in series so if one blows the other stops working just heat the solder and pull the old bulbs out ....solder the new in test them and of you go i paid 30p each for my bulbs