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Old 01-19-06 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by alwier
DC, any word on the regulator from Allied?
Well, it arrived today and I was able to do some basic User Acceptance Testing. It's pretty nifty. It has no problem powering a 25watt bulb, although it does get warm enough that I would probably use a heat-sink in a real installation. Since it's variable, it's real easy to set up a dimmer circuit that allows you to vary the voltage with a rheostat. For fixed voltage you just need two resistors.

Now I have to figure out how to mount it and where to put the dimmer switch.

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