HAS ANYONE OUT THERE DEVELOPED A RIG FOR LIGHTING SL'S?
HERE IS ANDERS PROBLEM;
I'm still strugling with the lighting the lamp with 4 volt (as mentioned in the blog of september 20, 2007). All the batteries I have tried, have not had power enough to heat up the wire, and the 1 Amp power supply just short curcuited. Have you got any idears about lighting the lamp? I'm getting quite desperate :)
On the base there is stamped 53/5291 and E. I recon that the 53 is the production year, does the 5291 or the E say any thing about the lamp type?
I used to work in the Lamproom at Bevercotes [nottinghamshire area] we used a battery from a cap lamp, the wire inside the SL lamp should be made from silver, and all the battery does is shorts out the wire and this in turn make the wire bright red. from the brass base and the silver looking plate there should be an insulating washer, fixed onto this plate the are the 2 wire posts, one is insulated by a small washer and the other is connected directly onto the plate making it one circuit.
ReplyDeleteProbably far to late now, but I have managed to light the SL with a Car Battery Charger set on 6 volts for motorcycle battery charging.
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