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Title: clearance light bulbs
Post by: Danny on July 12, 2007, 05:38:13 PM
The clearance light bulbs that are in the bus are GE 624.  I need to replace some of them.  Are these 24V or 12V?  Are there other bulbs that would work or do I need to special order these?

Thanks as always!

Danny
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: belfert on July 12, 2007, 05:43:34 PM
Are 12 volt and 24 volt bulbs numbered differently?  I took a 24 volt dash bulb to an auto parts store thinking it was 12 volt.  They were able to match the number to an identical bulb, but in 12 volt.  I found out the hard way that 12 volt bulbs don't work in a 24 volt socket.  I almost started a small fire.

Why not turn on the clearance lights and put a voltmeter across to determine the voltage?

My bus appears to have all 12 volt exterior lighting and all 24 volt interior lighting.  I made a bad assumption that all lighting was 12 volt.
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: FloridaCliff on July 12, 2007, 05:57:02 PM
It should be a 24 volt bulb.

http://www.bulbconnection.com/ViewItem/bcrw/itmid/893/oc/624/brand/GE/source/googlebase/item.html (http://www.bulbconnection.com/ViewItem/bcrw/itmid/893/oc/624/brand/GE/source/googlebase/item.html)

Cliff
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: Jerry32 on July 12, 2007, 11:06:35 PM
They are 24 volt . I found some 1252's in mine and they are also 24 volt but half the candlepower. the 624 is 6 cp and 1252 3 cp  Jerry
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: jjrbus on July 13, 2007, 12:56:08 AM
Check with voltmeter. With electric being butchered over the years you may have 24V bulbs running on 12V. They still work but not very bright.
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: Jeremy on July 13, 2007, 04:44:47 AM
Just for your information, eBay is full of cheap multi-volt (ie. will work on 12v or 24v) led bulbs, and also complete led marker lights

Jeremy

PS. jjrbus - I suspect there is a spelling mistake in your signature, unless you are suggesting that all physicists (or even physicians) are psychic
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: Dallas on July 13, 2007, 05:35:58 AM
Quote from: Jeremy on July 13, 2007, 04:44:47 AM
Just for your information, eBay is full of cheap multi-volt (ie. will work on 12v or 24v) led bulbs, and also complete led marker lights

Jeremy

PS. jjrbus - I suspect there is a spelling mistake in your signature, unless you are suggesting that all physicists (or even physicians) are psychic

I thought a physic was the stuff you took to not be constipated anymore!
Title: Re: clearance light bulbs
Post by: johnjem on July 18, 2007, 05:27:24 PM
they are 24 volt bulbs  i just removed all my markers and updated them