[sdiy] Re: [AH] totally insane!! system 700 sequencer

[John Mahoney]

At 10:06 AM 7/12/2008, Steve Ridley wrote:


> > So what about leave them a low voltage at note off for glowing a
> > littlebit and give them full voltage at note on. So the filament would
> > not cool down too much.
>
>
>Using a slightly lower voltage lamp and a suitable resistor to
>limit the peak (switch on) current has always worked for me.

I believe that the dotcom Q960 uses those tricks, yet some owners 
still seem annoyed by bulb failures.


>OTOH, TruOpto (and others) do some nice LED clips which look
>close enought to a T1 lampholder to satisfy most people.
>
>http://www.truopto.com/Lensmountsfor3or5mmLEDs.html

That's the basic idea that I had, too. Especially if you can find 
lenses with a vintage look, like the old ribbed half sphere type. I 
thought Mouser had 'em but I can't find them on the site.

John