Re: Francophones

On 23/12/2024 10:31, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:16:15 +0000, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>

I did actually build one a few years ago with swappable bulbs for
different loads. Two problems, though:
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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!

 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.

I doubt they'll be able to replace the oven illumination easily (unless they mount the bulb on the outside and use fibreoptics to bring light to the inside!). I was surprised a few months ago when I bought a new microwave oven to find it had an LED lamp which illuminated the inside. I would have thought that with around a kW of microwave energy being generated that would have been a pretty hostile environment for an LED lamp. Obviously, though, they had the screening well sorted out. I suppose that I shouldn't have been surprised as the timing and display circuitry have been around for years and hasn't been affected by the RF energy or switching spikes.
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Jeff