I would emphasize a previous comment: they get ∗VERY∗ hot!
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@j...> wrote:
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> I like it! We'll need a Stooge panel for "overhead lighting controls."
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> Next will come voltage control...
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> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Geoff
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:08 PM
> Cc: MOTM Forum All
> Subject: Re: [motm] OT: Halogen Lamps
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> The transformer is just a 10:1 step-down transformer, going from your
> household 120AV to 12VAC. It ∗will∗ generate some interference, but
> almost entirely just a 60hz hum. I don't find that wall-warts generate
> too much noise, as there's a TON of wal-wart happening. I think it might
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> be interesting to run the halogen straight off of the 15 volts on your
> power supply... OVERCLOCK THE BULB, MAN! (That would, of course, not
> ACTUALLY be advisable)
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> -Geoff
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> Tkacs, Ken wrote:
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> > Here's a weird question.
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> > IKEA has these small lamps with the bulb enclosure at the end of a
> > pair of telescoping rods. (They're in IKEA's Magiker series; they're
> > only about $12 each). I was thinking they might be good for on top of
> > the modular, so that the lighting could shine down and back onto the
> > faceplates.
> >
> > But I noticed in the store that they have some kind of transformer
> > brick. I don't really know the theory behind halogen lights-it says
> > they're 12 volts--but seeing that brick kind of reminds me of a
> > fluorescent light's transformer and makes me think that maybe a lamp
> > like this would not be a good mix with audio equipment.
> >
> > Does anyone know for sure?
> >
> > Here's a photo if you're interested:
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> http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=12&
> langId=-1&catalogId=10101&productId=19151
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> <http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=12
> &langId=-1&catalogId=10101&productId=19151>
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> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ken T
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