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try dimming the lights and see if the resisters still get hot.
Nomad will be the best to answer dimming the bulbs.
I know if they burn the board they are mounted on can cause a lot of problems. the last one I did the board was burned but at least I was able to repair it.
I never have understood when the radio suppliers cut so many corners knowing they will have a problem
just like the newer Cobra 148 radios they put a small resister in line to feed the PLL. it gets hot and stops working as far as the radio goes dead. Cobra did put out a repair for this fault for the 148. just took them a few years to take the blame for the resister being to small and not able to carry the voltage.
here is the fix they put out for the 148.

http://downloads.cobra.com/CB/TSB/TSB10002.pdf

<blockquote data-quote="sonoma" data-source="post: 621756" data-attributes="member: 756">try dimming the lights and see if the resisters still get hot.Nomad will be the best to answer dimming the bulbs.I know if they burn the board they are mounted on can cause a lot of problems. the last one I did the board was burned but at least I was able to repair it.I never have understood when the radio suppliers cut so many corners knowing they will have a problemjust like the newer Cobra 148 radios they put a small resister in line to feed the PLL. it gets hot and stops working as far as the radio goes dead. Cobra did put out a repair for this fault for the 148. just took them a few years to take the blame for the resister being to small and not able to carry the voltage.here is the fix they put out for the 148.<a href="http://downloads.cobra.com/CB/TSB/TSB10002.pdf" target="_blank">http://downloads.cobra.com/CB/TSB/TSB10002.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sonoma, post: 621756, member: 756"] try dimming the lights and see if the resisters still get hot. Nomad will be the best to answer dimming the bulbs. I know if they burn the board they are mounted on can cause a lot of problems. the last one I did the board was burned but at least I was able to repair it. I never have understood when the radio suppliers cut so many corners knowing they will have a problem just like the newer Cobra 148 radios they put a small resister in line to feed the PLL. it gets hot and stops working as far as the radio goes dead. Cobra did put out a repair for this fault for the 148. just took them a few years to take the blame for the resister being to small and not able to carry the voltage. here is the fix they put out for the 148. [URL]http://downloads.cobra.com/CB/TSB/TSB10002.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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