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personally, I'd suggest one of the dedicated rack-mount power
conditioners/lights.  Some of them are actually pretty decent, but I'd
ask Paul or another EE's advice on which to get.

-Geoff

Tkacs, Ken wrote:

>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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>-----Original Message-----
>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.
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>>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.
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>>Does anyone know for sure?
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>>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.
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>>Ken T
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