"mick" wrote


Given the age of the deck it's almost certainly a neon. Yep, just about
any should be ok. I suspect that the design used a highish current
(for a neon) though as it is being used for illumination rather than
indication. It probably has about 220k in series on 220/240v. It could
even be that the series resistor has "gone high" through running warm over
a long period. The neons tend to "silver" the inside of the glass, making
it translucent and cutting down the light output.


Thanks Mick - I'll pass all that on, but I still the most effective/line of
least resistance is the paper strobe rings and for him to stop fussing with
it. I've got a similar strobe on me Pioneer deck and I haven't looked at it
for at *least* six months!!

(Which, of course, means I probably will later on!! :-)