Ignoring this device is a very serious matter. We may have to turn you in to the Feds, if you are operating with an inoperable device, even if it IS an undocumented and unknown one.
Another "What the Heck is This Thing"
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GAHorn
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Re: Another "What the Heck is This Thing"
Another possibility is that it is in-line with a 12-volt device that needed a cheap voltage-dropping device, and the bulb serves that purpose. (Of course that would only work for a low-wattage device.) Did you check to see if it's powered? and does the bulb actually work?
Ignoring this device is a very serious matter. We may have to turn you in to the Feds, if you are operating with an inoperable device, even if it IS an undocumented and unknown one.
Ignoring this device is a very serious matter. We may have to turn you in to the Feds, if you are operating with an inoperable device, even if it IS an undocumented and unknown one.
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cessna170bdriver
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Re: Another "What the Heck is This Thing"
George, you must've been hitting the St Pauli Girl pretty hard today? No way you'd get a 24-volt device to work on 12 volts by putting a light bulb in series with it. IOW, you can't drop 12 volts to 24.gahorn wrote:Another possibility is that it is in-line with a 12-volt device that needed a cheap voltage-dropping device, and the bulb serves that purpose.
That's NOT rocket science! Speaking of the Feds, you could lose your A&P with a statement like that!
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GAHorn
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Re: Another "What the Heck is This Thing"
It was a typographical error that I failed to proof-read. I meant to say a SIX-volt device...which, in series with a 6-volt lamp (the "thing")... to enable it to operate in a 12-volt system.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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