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best way to fix the octane light bar - soviet - 09-14-2019
My octane light bar only have the red color working usually when is white theres no light.
What is the best way to fix it ?, and also someone is familiar to what kind of bulb replacement part ?.
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - Raion - 09-14-2019
It's a tiny incandescent bulb, because white/green/blue LEDs were not common when this machine was built. Most people install colored LEDs instead.
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - Irinikus - 09-15-2019
I'm sure you can still buy the required small incandescent bulbs, to keep your machine original.
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - Jacques - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 02:53 AM)Krokodil Wrote: They are not an official part as far as I know. You either have to buy one from someone who makes them (like SGI Depot), or make it yourself. They don't cost that much money though. Installed one on my Octane II, now it's pimpin'.
If you have a soldering iron and some solder you can fix it yourself, it takes 15min. Just buy whatever colour LED's you want, resistors to go with your LED of choice and solder away.
See below webarchive link.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160619074932/http://www.k-huhn.com/octane_mod/
You can also follow Rene Rebe's YT stream here to see how he did it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8sLqtzCEQ
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - Raion - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 08:41 AM)Irinikus Wrote: I'm sure you can still buy the required small incandescent bulbs, to keep your machine original.
Sure you can likely, but the heat, life and color of an incandescent is bad, compared to an LED.
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - Irinikus - 09-16-2019
My machine still has the bulbs and it has a warm color that you just won’t get with an LED.
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - bjames - 10-15-2019
I actually like the warm yellowish glow of the incandescents, on the ocatne 2 it goes well with the orange font.
What is the reason for the resister? I watched Rene Rebe's video and it appears the voltage is 5 volts. Wouldn't an LED rated for 4-6 volts (common 3mm used for RC cars) be a drop in replacement?
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - stormy - 12-12-2019
Most LEDs are 3v which is the reason for the resistor. I just completed this mod on my octane, here are some photos:
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - weblacky - 01-05-2021
Yo Guys,
Just a reminder, I now have compatible OEM-Like NOS Incandescent Lightbar bulbs, offered either as a rebuild service or you can take a chance and buy just the bulbs from me, if you want, and do it yourself.
This service is about restoring your Octane lightbar with REAL incandescents, back to they way it used to look, as it came out of the box. Check it out if you're interested!
Thread here: https://forums.irixnet.org/thread-2640.html
RE: best way to fix the octane light bar - soviet - 08-11-2022
Ended up using white leds.
Took me a while to get to do it but sure it glows
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