In article ,
Johny B Good writes:
It's worth considering that a 300W linear halogen lamp will have a
turn on surge that equates very closely to the current draw of a 3KW
electric kettle.

Worse than that - initial current draw is typically 17x running current,
which would be a 5.1kW electric kettle ;-)

Whilst a 20 to 50 watt LED lamp might create a switch
on surge, I rather suspect it won't be quite the magnitude of a 300W
linear halogen lamp.

It will be much shorter, and and probably somewhat lower depending on
the quality of the PSU.

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Andrew Gabriel
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