Can You light a 70W Metal Hylyde lamp from a 12VDC sourse

[Scott Wiper]

I would like to how to do this?????

I konw their are RCL curcuit that can do this with a step down transformer
connected in reverse

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[Kevin McMurtrie]

In article <cw6Cc.8832$vO1.72975@nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
"Scott Wiper" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.met> wrote:

I would like to how to do this?????

I konw their are RCL curcuit that can do this with a step down transformer
connected in reverse

You should use a proper power supply. Arc lamps explode or melt if
they're not powered correctly. The power parameters aren't trivial;
they have to be looked up in the lamp's specifications.

 

[Jerry G.]

You cannot put DC through a transformer. If your lamp is using the mains
voltage, there is something called an inverter. A minimum size 100 Watt
inverter to the mains standard for your lamp should work for you, if this is
a 70 Watt lamp. Doing it this way would be much less efficient, and more
costly than having a 70 Watt 12 Volt lamp in the first place.

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Jerry G.
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"Scott Wiper" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.met> wrote in message
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I would like to how to do this?????

I konw their are RCL curcuit that can do this with a step down transformer
connected in reverse

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My cat Tigger says every morning...
"Before my morning coffee... I might as well be a dog!"
To contact follow the link below.
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[John Fields]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:09:58 -0400, "Scott Wiper"
<nobody@devnull.spamcop.met> wrote:

I would like to how to do this?????

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You buy a 12 volt, 70 watt Metal Hylyde lamp and you connect it to the
12V source, which should be able to supply at least 6 amps when the
lamp is hot and probably close to 60 amps when the lamp is first
turned on.

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John Fields

 

[John Fields]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:19:39 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:09:58 -0400, "Scott Wiper"
nobody@devnull.spamcop.met> wrote:

I would like to how to do this?????

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You buy a 12 volt, 70 watt Metal Hylyde lamp and you connect it to the
12V source, which should be able to supply at least 6 amps when the
lamp is hot and probably close to 60 amps when the lamp is first
turned on.

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Oops...

Got "Metal Hydride" and "Halogen" confused; ignore previous
instructions.

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John Fields