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Frank Filz wrote:
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> Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > I had noticed these ended low too:
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=588436756
> >
> > That's a little bit odd. I am firmly convinced, however,
> > that such a lot would have done much better if accompanied
> > by handy and useful text highlighting the position of the
> > pack with respect to availability, usefulness, etc. But
> > like a lot of specialised parts, electric bits aren't quite
> > "collect all you can, you'll need more" in the same way
> > as non-electric, non-themed (e.g., train or pirate specific)
> > parts. At least that's been my experience.
>
> I looked at that one last night and passed. It doesn't have any lamps. I
> have been buying 12V lamps, I've been finding them for about what a 9V
> lamp costs and being a different form factor, they have different
> potential uses. I'm just going to have to make a bunch of 9V-12V
> converter wires (of course I'll also be running some honest to god 12V
> trains now).
I had both 4.5V and 12V LEGO lights when I was young. The thing I loved
about the 12V lamps was how bright they were. I know it's possible to
run these lamps on 9V, but are they as bright as a 12V source would make
them?
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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| (...) No, they aren't. That IS a downside. The upside of that is longer life. Lamps run at 75% of their design voltage ARE dimmer but sometimes can last up to 10 times longer than lamps run at 100%... At least that's what empirical experience in the (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) I looked at that one last night and passed. It doesn't have any lamps. I have been buying 12V lamps, I've been finding them for about what a 9V lamp costs and being a different form factor, they have different potential uses. I'm just going to (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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