11   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / Re: A couple of unknown modern American lights, any ideas?  on: Today at 02:23:49 AM 
Started by Baked bagel 11 - Last post by LightsoftheWest
What city are the LED fixtures in?
 12   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / A couple of unknown modern American lights, any ideas?  on: Today at 02:01:30 AM 
Started by Baked bagel 11 - Last post by Baked bagel 11
I could swear I've seen the LED before, no idea who makes them...

Also an induction future from the side roads of (I think) Newark, Nj, lots of them over there.

@LightsoftheWest?
 13   General / Off-Topic / Re: So... uhh... What'd You Eat Today?  on: Today at 01:59:04 AM 
Started by suzukir122 - Last post by SussexEuroSOX
I’m here to revive this thread! I just ate very very delicious waffles with Chocolate and strawberries with a bowl of Vanilla Ice cream on the Side! It was very nice! I do really like waffles, they aren’t as good as pancakes (in my opinion) but they’re still really good especially when they’re done properly in Belgium… yum yum yum :D
 15   General / General Discussion / Re: Sure Lites LM-1 Faulty Transformer  on: Today at 01:46:35 AM 
Started by CapacitorDude - Last post by Medved
Then the transformer would likely be 2x6V.

The battery is charged with the transformer internal resistance as the only current limiting element, with a thyristor and diode in series (the circuit seems to not be redrawn correctly, probably some component terminal swapped or so, but it is showing well how the charging is handled).
With 2x6V charging current will be about 60% of the transformer rating (that indirectly tells what the internal resistance will be - typical OCV of such small transformers is 1.4x the nominal output at nominal mains input) when the battery is discharged (~5.5V), 40% of the transformer rated current when the battery approaches the full charge (6.85V; but it is not there yet, so the thyristor is firing) with mains at its nominal voltage.
With 5% mains undervoltage the currents will be 50% for discharged and 25% when near fully charged.
These figures sounds quite right - reasonable charging rate even at mild mains undervoltage and not overloading the transformer (giving room for some mains overvoltage), whilde at quite a common rated voltage level...

Generally these things use to not be that picky about exact secondary voltage - the minimum will be the 2x6V, 2x7.5V will give a bit faster charging, but may overload the transformer at high mains tolerance and empty battery, but it usually does not spend that long at that state (normally it is just maintaining charge, so the thyristor is firing really just occassionally), so it won't accumulate that much wear related to the high temperature.
 16   General / General Discussion / Re: What happens to the old ballast during LED retrofits?  on: April 08, 2026, 11:38:33 PM 
Started by Multisubject - Last post by CapacitorDude
Yeah, you'd get copper #2 at best, depending on how much it was cleaned up. Even being a fairly low grade, it's still around $4.50 a pound here...
 17   General / General Discussion / Re: What happens to the old ballast during LED retrofits?  on: April 08, 2026, 11:35:58 PM 
Started by Multisubject - Last post by wide-lite 1000
 The copper in a ballast is coated in varnish so it won't get top dollar anyways . The top prices are for bright , clean uncoated copper . 
 18   General / General Discussion / Re: What happens to the old ballast during LED retrofits?  on: April 08, 2026, 11:31:44 PM 
Started by Multisubject - Last post by CapacitorDude
Yeah, I didn't say the desire of many to rip them apart is logical lol. Just seems like a lot of work for a very small increase of value...
 19   General / General Discussion / Re: What happens to the old ballast during LED retrofits?  on: April 08, 2026, 11:27:39 PM 
Started by Multisubject - Last post by wide-lite 1000
 I separated a ballast ONE time . I was WAY more work than it was worth ! Most of the weight in a normal core and coil ballast is the steel anyways .
 20   General / General Discussion / Re: What happens to the old ballast during LED retrofits?  on: April 08, 2026, 11:25:16 PM 
Started by Multisubject - Last post by CapacitorDude
People tend to rip the copper out of high wattage HID ballasts due to how easily accessible it is, especially now that some grades of copper are over $4 a pound. Fluorescent ballasts and potted ballasts are usually scrapped as is as a "transformer" or "motor".

It's kind of annoying, because it makes HID ballasts hard to find sometimes, because of the "money rush" of ripping them apart...
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