Hi all.
After seeing what @soonercruiser had to go through to get proper backup light bulb holders for his chrome housings I thought I would see what I could come up with.
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First take (yes I know the tabs are backwards already fixed)
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After a couple hours if cad and 3 hours of printing
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Bench test of the plastic prototype
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Not a proper test as I do not have the lense and gasket. So too much heat leakage.
3 minutes I could smell plastic heating
10 minutes browning of the plastic above the bulb
15 minutes I'm either nose blind or the smell has subsided
20 minutes I ended the test
But it did not catch on fire!
The black lines are ink from a pen I was using to test how soft the plastic got.
It got soft but did not deform.
Hottest temp I saw was 350 deg F
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I'm going to make the small tapered end a bit wider and move the walls of the holder out away from the bulb.
My intention is to print this in metal (AL or stainless)
NOW WHAT I NEED....
PM me with what you have.
- I need several dimensions from a bulb housing or a housing I can borrow or buy super cheap. It can be rusty or damaged
- A lense, broken, cracked, good but super cheap
- Gasket or dimensions of the gasket.
I'll post more results as I get them.
