intermittent single beep

[Ti Kan]

cobram at juno.com writes:
> You thinks wrong, at least on the earlier type 44 autochecks, one light
> bulb per indicator.  I took one of the old style autocheck displays
> apart.  Wow, there are 12 bulbs in there (11 without Engine Check
> Display).  Three focusing plates with 12 lenses in each one.  Each bulb
> when lit illuminates a micro-slide which focuses through the optical
> array to the front of the autocheck display which is a rear projection
> screen.  Cutting edge and expensive stuff in the day.  The piece that
> keeps the bulbs from bleeding light is a heavy piece of precision
> machined steel.

Cool.  I stand corrected.  I had removed such a unit from a type 44
cluster before but never took it apart to see what's inside.  Sounds
expensive.  I'm glad I have a spare, in case the one on my 5Kt ever
fails...

-Ti
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