TE-40 TL-47 TL-67 Turbolight Cabochon

Turbolite, The leading brand of Cabochon's at carnivals and Amusement Parks everywhere. You will notice these beautiful light fixtures adorned on concession trailers, ticket boxes, sign marquees, amusement rides, almost everywhere on a carnival midway.

The Turbolite TL47 is the origional Cabochon and was later replaced with the much better quality Turbolite TE40. Both Cabochons use a T5.5 Turbo bulb Most people have now opted to use a much more efficient and brighter LED Turbo bulb

Turbolite also makes a much smaller version the Turbolight TL67 Cabochon. The TL-67 is very usefull in areas too small for the larger Cabochon's like in the letters of sign marquees.
The dissadvantage of the TL-67 Cabochon is the mini 60v turbo bulb. The bulb is normally wired in series, so if one bulb doesn't light for any reason the corresponding bulb also doesn't light.

All three styles of the Turbolight Cabochon are available in 9 Decorative colors.

How to Identify What Kind of Cabochon You Have?

The Turbolight TL47 cap has threads on the outside of the cap, the corresponding base has threads on the inside. No other Cobochon is like this. Another distinguishing characteristic of the Turbolight TL47 is the very large hole in the base. The base also has threads on the outside the thread in to the white collar, no other cobochon uses a white collar.

The Turbolight TE40 and the Turbolight TL67 are exactly opposite the threads on the cap are on the inside and the base are on the outside.
Unfortunitly many other brands are similar in design.

The Turbolight TE40 has a much smaller hole, most people can slide it on your finger up to the second joint. If your cobochon easily slides past your second joint you do not have a Turbolight product.

VSV Cabochon

Another very common brand of cabochon is the 090 VSV cabochon often called Zamperla or the pop-on.
The VSV Cabochon has short threads on the cap only requiring about a quarter turn to lock in place.
The base has a very large hole in the botton and the base is held in by a black collar with lots of barbs.
The base pops in to the collar.

Tips and Tricks

The biggest problem with any brand of cabochon is loosing them. If they are mounted on carnival rides or concession trailers you will find yourself replacing the caps mostly, and somtimes the bases because they vibrate loose. You can put a little dab of silicone on the threads, this should prevent them from unscrewing.
Another less well known but very effective solutition is to use a soldering iron and lightly touch where the cap and base meet.
The object here is to melt a very, very small spot preventing the cap from unscrewing. If done correctly you can still remove the cap with a little extra force to break it loose.

Add some flash or special effects with one of our solid state or mechanical chasing light controllers.

• The TE-40 Turbo is the most common cabochon on carnival rides.
• The TE-40 Turbo Light uses a T-5.5 Turbo Bulb