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gregz

John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:17:58 -0500, z wrote:

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:47:53 -0000, "john stone"
wrote:

Have a 10Watt, 12Volt Hologen lamp for a christmas decoration. But the
mains tranformer I have is only 6 Volts.

Apart from being a bit dimmer, would there be any other consequences running
at the lower voltage? Thanks.

At 6V the halogen cycle won't operate so you'll probably get
discoloration of the bulb after some time and perhaps the bulb won't
last as long (to the degree that it's a trade-off of lower power vs.
the elimination of the halogen cycle). Other than that, it'll
probably be a very yellow light at pretty low intensity.

We run a halogen (over our dinner table) from a dimmer. We seldom use it at full
brightness. It's about 10 years old and still on the original bulb.

I got some in my kitchen, range hood, bathroom. I have never experienced
problems on dimmer. Most of the bulbs last long, but you get one occasional
early failure. Except for the range hood which is run full on or full dim,
the others lights are most always run 1/2 to 3/4 brightness.

Greg