Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends on which model you have, the multiple voltage model takes a different fuse from the 220 only volt. It is marked just below where the fuse is situated, back of the foot. It is T 315 mA for 220V and T 630mA for the multiple voltage version. Unplug first, then change! Chris >Hi Christer, > >What fuse does it take? > >Regards, > >Greg > >Christer Almqvist wrote: > >>Following the recent discussion about V35, it seems there are a few >>new users out there, and I would like to offer them the following >>pieces of advice: >> >>1. Get a spare fuse. >> >>Cost cents, not dollars, and they always blow when shops are >>closed, otherwise easily available. >> >>2. Get a spare bulb. >> >>They are not that easy to get. The ones in the Leica box are made >>by Philips and (at least over here) cost three times more than the >>same one in the Philips box. Other manufacturers make the same lamp >>and charge the same as Philips, more or less. Some people will tell >>you that you can only use the lamp in the Leica box. This is not >>true. It is like radio valves or plain light bulbs or batteries for >>the M7 and M7. Different manufacturers call them different things, >>but they are made to the same specifications. A good lamp >>wholesaler will have a list showing what lamps from other >>manufacturers correspond to Philips 13139. >> >>3. Get a current model lamp holder _now_ if you have an old one. >> >>Older V35s need a new adapter for the lamp if you want to use >>current lamps. The older type lamps are no longer manufactured. Get >>a current lamp holder early to avoid lengthy waits. Search archives >>to find information to help you determine if you have the new or >>the old version lamp holder. If your V35 does not have a Philips >>13139 bulB or equivalent, then you probably have the old lamp >>holder. :-( >> >>Chris > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html