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Post by firebottle on Feb 21, 2020 15:50:54 GMT
Well not really. I was given a duff 211 transmitting valve and hatched a plan. Raiding the junk box and the LED draws I came up with this unusual table lamp.   |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2020 14:15:49 GMT
The same, but opposite! I made two of these; squirrel cage bulbs, bike brake disc spacers, aly rod and wooden bowls from a charity shop. I run them in series, as the filaments vibrated at 240 volts, and they were too bright anyway. I took them to Scalford one year, and sat in front of a friend's system they got more interest than his gear, as people kept asking what amps they were!  082 by Richard Crawley, on Flickr |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 3, 2020 15:45:36 GMT
The same, but opposite! I made two of these; squirrel cage bulbs, bike brake disc spacers, aly rod and wooden bowls from a charity shop. I run them in series, as the filaments vibrated at 240 volts, and they were too bright anyway. I took them to Scalford one year, and sat in front of a friend's system they got more interest than his gear, as people kept asking what amps they were! 082 by Richard Crawley, on Flickr That looks very cool. I like it. jimbo needs one of these the ease his Valve blues lol |
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Post by jimbo on Mar 3, 2020 16:30:49 GMT
The same, but opposite! I made two of these; squirrel cage bulbs, bike brake disc spacers, aly rod and wooden bowls from a charity shop. I run them in series, as the filaments vibrated at 240 volts, and they were too bright anyway. I took them to Scalford one year, and sat in front of a friend's system they got more interest than his gear, as people kept asking what amps they were! 082 by Richard Crawley, on Flickr That looks very cool. I like it. jimbo needs one of these the ease his Valve blues lol haha looks cool and yes it would bring a smile to my face. Good business opportunity there for someone? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2020 17:50:27 GMT
Apart from the bulbs, which were discounted at Next, and two cheap switches, I already had everything else. The spacers I made years earlier for a motorbike I was building, but didn't complete, commercially it would be expensive to produce. I have some more of those bulbs, and some fridge bulbs, and a plan! Combine them all in one chassis, with a couple of meters (which I have) and it will look like 300Bs and 6SN7s.
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 4, 2020 9:12:39 GMT
Apart from the bulbs, which were discounted at Next, and two cheap switches, I already had everything else. The spacers I made years earlier for a motorbike I was building, but didn't complete, commercially it would be expensive to produce. I have some more of those bulbs, and some fridge bulbs, and a plan! Combine them all in one chassis, with a couple of meters (which I have) and it will look like 300Bs and 6SN7s. Looks very steampunk, which is somethingbim liking at the moment |
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Post by jimbo on Mar 4, 2020 9:42:02 GMT
Definitely a business idea here as I am sure lots of Audiophile would love to have something like this. Would make an interesting decorative feature in your man cave and bring about a bit of Higgy!
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 4, 2020 11:58:56 GMT
Definitely a business idea here as I am sure lots of Audiophile would love to have something like this. Would make an interesting decorative feature in your man cave and bring about a bit of Higgy! Yup, 100% I'd take one |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2020 17:02:24 GMT
Returning to Alan's original lamp, how bright is a 211 in normal use? I used to have 845s, and they used to light up the room! Would running them with just the heaters connected do the same?
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Post by firebottle on Mar 4, 2020 17:44:53 GMT
Yes it would.
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Post by jimbo on Mar 4, 2020 18:15:40 GMT
BRILLIANT a lamp and a heater!
I should patent the idea quick!
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 4, 2020 18:29:33 GMT
Could an old valve be mounted into a valve base, then attached to a wall wart to make a stand alone lamp?
I know it's a bit excessive bit its pretty simple in the idea
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Post by firebottle on Mar 4, 2020 20:33:49 GMT
845's need 32W on the heater so it would be a chunky wall wart  |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 4, 2020 20:46:15 GMT
845's need 32W on the heater so it would be a chunky wall wart Ooosh. That's a large lump |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2020 19:15:06 GMT
I wondered why my leccy bill went up!
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