[R-390] BallasTubes & Xmax bulb problem

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 19:56:31 -0600

Barry,

        You should have used a bubble light....it has better
regulation....thermal mass of the liquid and all.  Makes a little more noise
though.

Merry Christmas to all!

Cecil...
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Jon & Valerie Oldenburg <[email protected]>; Drew
Papanek <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] BallasTubes & Xmax bulb problem

> Jon wrote
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> > The 3TF7 only glows for a second as it warms up ( and barely perceptible
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> > that) Orange diodes are overkill.  ( Sorry' I couldn't resist. This
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> > has always been an interesting one though!)                   Merry
> > Christmas Jon AB9AH
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> Yeah -y'know -- we really should get more glow for the money.
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> Meanwhile, I tested my Xmas bulb idea.  Problem -- now my '390 is
> intermittent -- the bulb blinks and the radio goes on and off, on and off,
> on and off.
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> To top it off, now the lights on my tree _don't_ blink, though the ballast
> tube does look pretty hanging on it.  Is it OK to run 'em upside down?
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> Here's three more for the road -- Ho! Ho! Ho!
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> Barry
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