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Forum: Lighting 01-18-11, 08:13 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
It's been working every night for about a month...

It's been working every night for about a month now and we are very happy with
the performance of the light and the solar rig that runs it.

The only bug seen so far, is the toggle switch. It's...
Forum: Lighting 12-21-10, 01:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Hey, we got sun!! The reading lamp battery...

Hey, we got sun!!

The reading lamp battery had been charging slowly this AM in the dim overcast sunlight..
But then after lunch it came out in full force to show us those long winter solstice...
Forum: Lighting 12-20-10, 12:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
It's overcast and snowing!!!

I wonder how long a car battery would last using about 3watts .?.

Assuming 30Ah, and the LEDs were drawing about 0.25 Amp?

30Ah/ 0.25A = 120 hours of use.
About a month at 4 hours a night....
Forum: Lighting 12-19-10, 12:14 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Modernized Antique reading lamp

Modernized our reading lamp with the LEDs.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Xringer/Solar/z101.jpg
That old lamp was running at 40 watts and could burn your fingers,
when you reached back...
Forum: Lighting 12-17-10, 06:19 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Painful memories

Lucky no one was holding the meter when it when off!

My teacher was called the Johnson Viking Challenger (HF Ham Transmitter).

You can see the little ma meter (mili-Amp meter) on the right...
Forum: Lighting 12-17-10, 09:02 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
That's what they used to call it years ago.. I...

That's what they used to call it years ago.. I guess it's a Digital VOM these days.

I guess all mine are DLCDVOMs (Digital Liquid Crystal Display Volt Ohm Meter).. ;)
The Amp measuring capability...
Forum: Lighting 12-16-10, 04:52 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
LOL! I blasted the little 10A glass fuse in my...

LOL! I blasted the little 10A glass fuse in my favorite VOM the other day.
Did some PV current testing and then came back indoors, where I wanted
to plug back into an outlet, to watch my erratic...
Forum: Lighting 12-12-10, 05:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Solar+LED=Bliss?

Well, I got another LED array (for a total of four) and did a little current test last night.

I wired all 4 in parallel and connected them to 12.54 volts. They used about 2.7 watts total!
Since...
Forum: Lighting 11-22-10, 03:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
They came today!

One of them had a little problem.. Should be repairable..

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Xringer/Solar/z027.jpg

But the specs (on the two good ones) aren't what I expected..

They...
Forum: Lighting 11-11-10, 09:54 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Wow! Deal Extreme has a bunch of car replacement...

Wow! Deal Extreme has a bunch of car replacement LED lamps..
I buy stuff from them once in a while. Some of it's good, and some
of it has to be modified-on-arrival.. :o

The only problem I see...
Forum: Lighting 11-10-10, 02:20 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 13,172
Posted By Xringer
Car LED lamps for the house?

I just ordered 3 of these 3w LED arrays.. ($9.92USD shipped)

White 8-LED Super Bright Car Light Bulb 3 Watt DC 8-30V - eBay (item 190459203966 end time Nov-20-10 07:52:49 PST)...
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