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Dash lighting
This past week I had occasion to spent three hours driving our coach at night on two separate evenings. The gauges are getting difficult to see and the labels for the driver and coach fan and temp knobs are really difficult to see. The same is true for some of the rocker switches. I suspect that some of the back lighting is burned out. I’ll have to investigate.
Looking at the OEM Prevost gauges from 1998 they are dark in color which I think makes reading them at night very difficult. I’m wondering if white face gauges would be easier to see.
Has anyone replaced their entire dash? Replace gauges? Or maybe just the switch panels? I stumbled on to this company: https://newwiremarine.com/about/ They purport to replace instrument panels on boats, large boats in some cases. The technology (LED apparently) is much more current than what is behind our dashes today.
I’m wondering if electric gauges are all the same. Will a 2021 coolant water temp or oil pressure gauge work OK with whatever the 1998 sending unit is sending you? TIA
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Dick,
I changed my dash bulbs to LED and the difference is night and day. I can see the gauges really well at night now and no longer have to squint to read them. Don did a nice write up post on his bulb change here a few years ago. I used a different type of bulb than him but its good info on how to get in there and get it done. If you think this might be a possible solution for you let me know and i will look up the bulb numbers and source. Jeff
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Jeff,
I’d be interested in the led bulb numbers and sources.
Thanks, John
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Sure John. There are two types, soft white or the bright white. I got some of each and ended up liking the bright white ones. Keep in mind that your old rheostat dimmer may get warmer than it should from these LED’s. You can jump past the dimmer or change to a pwm type dimmer like i did.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0859JT1QS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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