Re: Francophones

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:31:04 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:16:15 +0000, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
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On 22/12/2024 22:50, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:57:54 -0500, ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> wrote:
 

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Maybe you should first build a dim bulb tester. Among other
things, it would enable you to re-form the power supply caps
it old gear and save an explosion or three. :-)
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Many hits on a Google search, here's the first one:
https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm
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Ed

 
I did actually build one a few years ago with swappable bulbs for
different loads. Two problems, though:
 
1) I'd have to remember to use it
2) I'd have to somehow find it.

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I think that you might have to add a third one in future - finding an
incandescent bulb to use!

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Yes, getting harder as time goes by, so I stocked-up in advance and
put a couple of dozen aside while they were still widely available. I
would imagine the oven types will still be around for a few more
years, anyway - and they tend to be more robust.

In the US anyway, there is an alternative, to use only bulbs intended
for industrial uses, meaning other than 120 Vac.  Like 130 Vac.

Joe Gwinn