Officially it's 6v, and mine draws 1.15 amps at 6v. As the lights are
little incandescent 'grain of wheat' bulbs, they can burn out, so be
careful if buying an AC adapter 'brick'. Cheap adapters often have a
much higher open circuit voltage than their rated voltage and count on
the load to draw it down. This is especially true of adapters sold with
electronic equipment, where the manufacturer knows the load requirements
and can provide a simple (and cheap) adapter that provides just the
right voltage into the load of the specific equipment. So, for example a
6v, 1a adapter might deliver between 5.5 and 6v at about an amp into a
T10 and be perfectly safe. A 6v, 3a, adapter might deliver 7v or more at
1.5+amps into the load of a T10 and burn out a light and they don't look
all that fun to replace.
Better adapters with regulated outputs should be safe.
I only recently acquired my T10, so I have no practical experience with
the toughness/longevity of the modeling light bulbs. I do have lots of
experiecne with ac adapters and AC to DC circuits and know whereof I
speak there. I also know that incandescent bulb life goes up enormously
with modest decreases in driving voltage, so I'm running mine at 5.5v
with very little apparent difference in brightness.
The manual is aviilable on the eSIF in .pdf form. (Thanks again for the
eSIF, Hans. I buy a couple of hunderd $ of equipment with no
instructions, and you put them at my fingertips.)
Moose, who may answer more than was asked.
Ian Manners wrote:
Hi all
Does anyone know what voltage the plugpack needs
to be that powers the modelling lights ?
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