Leigh, Forget the bulb, it is not needed, and serves no useful purpose as far as I can see. You would need one that worked at 36+ volts anyway.
You could obtain 3 X 12V low mA bulbs and tie the legs together (three legs joined together X 2) but whether they would light at the <8mA that you would be using, I don't know. Ivan. > -----Original Message----- > From: roussie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 10 November 2001 2:33 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>Yet another question... > > > I hate to be the really stupid person in the group. I'm > really reasonably bright > in areas where I have a clue... really... but this is just > *not* one of those > areas... > > I need help. > > So, if someone would be so kind... > > I'm putting together a generator using four 9V batteries. > > The original instructions I had called for three batteries, > and included a "sub- > miniature 'grain of wheat' incandescent bulb..." (24V 20mA, > as I recall, but > don't have it in front of me...), which proved to be an item > not easily obtained > (Radio Shack, local electronics supply, two large hardware > stores, and > several hobby shops...). However, each of those places had > various 12V > bulbs of that type all over the place. So, I thought, how > different could they > be? (Hey, I'm not exactly an electrician, here <g>) The > electric supply said > "Very different." So, no bulb... > > Then, in my many wanderings researching cs, I found > instructions for the > same generator that called for *either* the bulb that eluded > me, *or*, "a > sturdier" 12V ??mA bulb of the same type. However, now I > can't find where I > originally read it (can't find the bookmark, and have run > several searches to > no avail). However, I think that model also called for three, > not four, batteries- > and the four batteries seem to make more sense to me now. > However, that > also lead me to wonder if the number of batteries make a > difference, as it > relates to the bulb... and the only four battery instructions > I've found to date, > don't have the bulb. (Maybe there is a reason for that?) > > So, could someone who knows about such things please tell me > a) if this is > something that is even viable, and worth doing, and if so, b) > *exactly* what I > would need to get in the way of a bulb that would work in a > simple four > battery generator without me blowing something up? (The bulb > is wired into > one of the wires between the clip and the power source and is used to > indicate when the generator is working properly, as I > understand it...) > > Thanks... once again, > > ================='leigh > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of > colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail > message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
