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Mini Mail: Choices Choices! (Patreon)

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2025-04-21 21:54:30
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There can be only One - power indicator in my BINA VIEW Controller!

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Mini Mail: Choices Choices!

There can be only One - in my BINA VIEW Controller! Join Team FranLab!!!! Become a patron and help support my YouTube Channel on Patreon - But please do not use the Apple Mobile App for Patreon, it charges a 30%! Always use a web browser to manage your Patreon Account, or an Android mobile device. Thanks! http://www.patreon.com/frantone #franlab #neon #patreon - Music by Fran Blanche - Fran's Science Blog - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings.html FranArt Website - http://www.contourcorsets.com

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Mark Moulding

Fran, could you use a capacitor instead of the dropping resistor for that lower-voltage pilot? No wasted power or heat dissaption to deal with. Assuming that was a 24-volt 2-watt bulb (typical for that style), that would be around 85 mA. To get roughly 100 volts drop (actualy 96) at that current would be a 1.2k resistor (dissapating 8.3 watts, BTW). A capacitor with equivalent reactance at 60 Hz would be a nice convenient 2.2 uF - kind of physically large, but not beyond reason. I just gave it a shot with a 12V 40 mA bulb and a 1 uF cap on my bench, and it worked like a charm... I know you've already decided on the correct pilot for this project (good choice, I think), but maybe for future projects. You could even drive an LED directly off the line this way. Also, what about those smooth-lensed "monoblock"-style pilots? Do you think they were also neon, or possibly lower-voltage incandescent?