ID this bulb pls

[TEO]

Can't find any writing on it

 

[tommullin]

looks like a 501

 

[voipio]

What vehicle is it from, and which bulb? Instrument panel or sidelight? It could also be a 504.

 

[carbon]

What voltage?

 

[chrismac]

Looks the same as mine toyota hilux side light lamps, if 12v

Pardon our interruption...

Struggling for the link to work.

 

[RWD3M]

A small section of the Lucas wall chart. The whole thing is 1.33 Mb so just too big to put the whole image on here.

 

[Mart63]

As said before either a 501 or a 504. 501 is 5w and normally used as side light bulb. 504 3w and normally used for dash lights etc.

 

[voipio]

As said before either a 501 or a 504. 501 is 5w and normally used as side light bulb. 504 3w and normally used for dash lights etc.

There's also a 297, which is 2.2W.

The markings on these bulbs often come off all too easily. Sometimes it's possible to make out seemingly invisible markings, with the right lighting and a decent amount of magnification.

 

[TEO]

What voltage?

12v

 

[TEO]

There's also a 297, which is 2.2W.

The markings on these bulbs often come off all too easily. Sometimes it's possible to make out seemingly invisible markings, with the right lighting and a decent amount of magnification.

Thanks, been at it with the magnifier but no luck

 

[TEO]

What vehicle is it from, and which bulb? Instrument panel or sidelight? It could also be a 504.

Sorry I should have given all this info in the op.
VW T5.1, sidelight.

 

[voipio]

Generally, sidelights are 5W, so 501.

 

[Mart63]

There's also a 297, which is 2.2W.

The markings on these bulbs often come off all too easily. Sometimes it's possible to make out seemingly invisible markings, with the right lighting and a decent amount of magnification.

Never seen a 297. I used to sell a lot of 286 bulbs which were smaller than the 501 and only 1.2w.

 

[TEO]

5w 501s ordered, thanks all

 

[voipio]

Never seen a 297. I used to sell a lot of 286 bulbs which were smaller than the 501 and only 1.2w.

I've a couple here, which might be 297. The same physical size as the 501 type, but marked 12V 2W. I think they were bought for an older style car instrument panel.

 

[hotponyshoes]

Also known as W5W

You can get led versions that change colour by remote control. Don't fit them as sidelights obviously but I've seen them fitted to dash gauges on cars/boats and it's a cheap way of modernising the appearance

 

[8ob]

Euro's were selling these bulb racks off on some sort of special, got a pretty picture of the bulb type above the box, very handy for id purposes.

Bob