[ARC5] Halogen Light Power Supplies

[Dennis Monticelli]

Bill,

I have one of those ancient lamps too.  Just put a resistor in series to
limit the current.  I run mine well below line voltage to insure its
survival.  When under-driven the light is orange and rather dim but I still
get a kick out of it.

Dennis AE6C

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:

>  I have an old carbon filament lamp which is really neat, however, today's
> AC line voltage is a bit more
> than I like to subject it to.
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ARC5 [arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Phillip Carpenter [
> carpenterpa at tds.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 8:48 PM
> To: Robert Eleazer
> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Halogen Light Power Supplies
>
> I refuse to use Halogen bulbs anywhere. I had the same problem with the
> only Halogen I ever used being short lived. They are sensitive to skin oil,
> can be finicky, and have been know to cause fires.
>
> I strictly stick with incandescent, fluorescent, and LEDs.
>
> I also refuse to use any bulbs made by GE as they are all life limited by
> design. I prefer Sylvania or Phillips and I also prefer 130VAC incandescent
> bulbs when I use them for longer life given our AC voltage here runs at
> 121.6V.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Phillip W4RTX
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 3, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > A while back I mentioned that I have found when I turn on the Halogen
> lights I installed in my kitchen considerable RF noise gets generated.
> >
> > Recently two of the three lights quit working.  Tests with a DVOM seemed
> to indicate the power supply was putting out insufficient voltage, so I
> purchased a new power supply on ebay (12V 60VA output) and today finally
> got it installed - and got the same results as the old power supply.
> >
> > Turns out that I had not a bad power supply but two burned out bulbs
> that quit more or less simultaneously. And it appears that the frequency of
> the AC output voltage of both the old and new power supplies is so high as
> to not be readable accurately with a DVOM.  No wonder I had so much RFI!
> >
> > In any case, if you are going to check the output of such power supplies
> better use an Oscope.
> >
> > Wayne
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > ARC5 mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>