"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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Lurch wrote:
On 28 Jun 2004 07:21:37 GMT, Ian Stirling
strung together this:

Probably not a good idea.

Oh really.

Yes, really.

The current for a LV fitting will be some 20 times that of a mains one,
and the heating for a given contact resistance 400 times.

What significance would the current draw be then?

The contacts of the mains lamp may have been designed for a much, much
lower current (lower pressures, smaller contact area) than the LV ones.
If you exceed the designed current by a factor of 20, then the sockets
can just die.
Much as if you tried to pull 260A from a mains plug.

Yes, but the contacts are irrelevant here - they will have to be binned and
replaced with the standard LV connector (completely incompatible).

Dichroic/non-dichroic may be an issue, but not connectors.

This is in the assumption that the tails of the LV connector are connected
directly to the feeding LV cable or mini-"transformer", and that there is no
built in switch or other intermediate connectors (which should not be used
for LV).

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Richard Sampson

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