Ah yes, Nothing like blowing three bulbs at once for lowering the piggy bank holdings.
Thanks John, wired in series (one after another) is the proper method. Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: John Kolb [mailto:jlk...@cts.com] > Sent: Saturday, 10 November 2001 6:34 p.m. > To: I Anderson > Cc: *Silver-List* (E-mail) > Subject: RE: CS>Yet another question... > > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, I Anderson wrote: > > > Forget the bulb, it is not needed, and serves no useful > purpose as far > > as I can see. > > You would need one that worked at 36+ volts anyway. > > There is a useful purpose, but hopefully not needed. If the rods > were to short together, there would be a large current drawn, > rapidly draining the battery. If there is a suitable voltage lamp > in series with one of the rods, the current would be limited to > that of the lamp rating and the light emmitted would be a warning > that a short existed. The lamps are a very low resistance compared > to the resistance of the DW and rods, so don't affect the brew time > or resulting CS characteristics. > > Looking through the Mouser catalog, for a 3 battery, 27 volt system, > the Chicago Minature # 6838, 28 Volts, 0.024 Amps (24 mA), Mouser > P/N 606-CM6838 $1.70 would be ideal. It has wire leads so a socket > is not required, and would limit current flow to 24 mA. Of course, > if a 28V lamp is used on a 36V system and a short occurs, the bulb > will be very bright for a short time, then fail. Two 18V 26 mA bulbs, > #7220 in series would work well for a 36 V system. > > > > > You could obtain 3 X 12V low mA bulbs and tie the legs > together (three > > legs joined together X 2) but whether they would light at the <8mA > > that you would be using, I don't know. > > > Three legs tied together sounds like a parallel connection, not > series. With three 12V bulbs wired in parallel, the combination > would still light with 12V applied, but use 3 times the current. > Series connection is what's needed. > > Of course, those of us that never make mistooks and never let the > rods bump into each other don't need the light bulbs. > > John > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
