[Milsurplus] Re: half-voltage dynos

[Hue Miller]

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From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>

> I figured out the lamp voltage and cut a string apart to rewire it 
>for 12 volts  for my van display.   -Hue
> 
> Why not do it the EASY way????  Get a 12 V to 120 V static inverter for
> $20 then plug & play. > -John

Christmas display light strings cost something like $3 
for a display with 50 or 100 lamps. Actually, i think i have in my closet 
a string i found in the garbage at these apartments, with several lamps
missing. Enuff to assemble a few 12 volt strings. This is the fun way.
Just occurred to me this would be a good Boy Scout project. Ohms
law, and all that. I was also thinking i could go down to 3 or 6 volt strings
and attach some to my winter jackets. That would fit in better in the big city
than here, i suspect. Oh well, i'm severely off topic already, so this: a score
of years back i worked in a call center in Seattle. One of my co-workers had
a beautiful (handlebar? style ) long moustache that have bested Salvador 
Dali or any 17th century nobility. At Christmas season he would apply extra
wax to the moustache and hang a small Christmas tree ornament from each
end. Ah, big city diversity.  -Hue