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Old 17-08-2016, 10:44   #1
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Astra IIIB LED conversion
I have been irritated by the short life span of the bulbs used in the Astra. I ask them if it could be upgraded to LED and they said no. Soooo, it took 15 minutes, a small LED, and a resistor to convert it. No more lights out in the series of shots!
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