My desklamp just stopped working so I got another of those Halogen globes for it but it still won't work.
So I looked at it a bit closer and it seems to me that the arms that carry the globe mounting are the conductors that conduct the 12V electricity to it, too.
And it runs at max 20W it says. So that's about 1.6A isn't it? And googling I learn you can get killed by as little as 0.1A, unlikely, but a lot more likely 1A.
So is this thing for real or am I making it all up?
Here's a picture of it, you can there's just a transformer inside and it wires to two terminals and they are the bottoms of the arms. There are no wires going up inside those arms. There couldn't be. Those arms are hinged and there's a pin right through them at the hinge points.
I wanted more of them but couldn't find them in the shops any more. I wonder did they withdraw them quietly because of this danger?
And that's my (novice) guess as the circuit. I'm not sure if it puts out 12V AC or 12V DC. Got no clue from the globe packet nor on the device.
So I looked at it a bit closer and it seems to me that the arms that carry the globe mounting are the conductors that conduct the 12V electricity to it, too.
And it runs at max 20W it says. So that's about 1.6A isn't it? And googling I learn you can get killed by as little as 0.1A, unlikely, but a lot more likely 1A.
So is this thing for real or am I making it all up?
Here's a picture of it, you can there's just a transformer inside and it wires to two terminals and they are the bottoms of the arms. There are no wires going up inside those arms. There couldn't be. Those arms are hinged and there's a pin right through them at the hinge points.
I wanted more of them but couldn't find them in the shops any more. I wonder did they withdraw them quietly because of this danger?
And that's my (novice) guess as the circuit. I'm not sure if it puts out 12V AC or 12V DC. Got no clue from the globe packet nor on the device.