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The little light bulb that could! (BRIGHT!!)
« on: December 02, 2024, 09:55:07 pm »
Got some LED’s in the mail that fit the Jensen style lamp threads, and boy are these BRIGHT, with almost no load on the dynamo, saving tons of steam.

If I turn up the RPM’s it is so bright I need sunglasses!


Yes they do flicker slightly but if I used high RPM’s the flicker is almost non existent.

These are 3v E10’s.

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Re: The little light bulb that could! (BRIGHT!!)
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2024, 09:44:31 am »
Very bright, where did you find these?
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Re: The little light bulb that could! (BRIGHT!!)
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2024, 11:33:45 pm »
Very bright, where did you find these?

Just Google E10 LED’s and look for the 3V ones.
The steam engine has done much more for science than science has done for the steam engine.”

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Re: The little light bulb that could! (BRIGHT!!)
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2024, 03:10:49 am »
Excellent!
I had an old college professor who used to say, "The cows may come and the cows may go, but the bull goes on forever."

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Re: The little light bulb that could! (BRIGHT!!)
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2024, 02:03:23 pm »
Very bright, where did you find these?

Just Google E10 LED’s and look for the 3V ones.

Thanks!
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