[Brendan11]

hiya group,

can anyone reccomend a reasonably priced 5amp transformer with variable voltage.

Its for running my 40 grain of wheat bulbs used for yard lighting, hornby scalelighting for various layout buildings and lighting for 3 carriages (carriages are non runners and not connected to dcc track)

thx
bren

 

[zmil]

Hi Brendan

You probably wont need a full 5 amp for that , but you could buy a laptop power supply from china for around $20 on ebay with various switchable voltage output 7v -24v at 4-5amps

Most of those bulbs are only 20-30mA so you could run at least 160 lamps on 5 amp

You could use an old train controller to power some with the controlled output and give a more precise control over the brightness

Regards Zmil

 

[Nygma]

Hi Brendan,

Or you can buy a used laptop power supply on car boot sale for a few pounds. This is how I got my <1A supply for my electronics project for 50p.

Regars,
Nygma

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (Nygma @ 19 Nov 2008, 08:54) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Brendan,

Or you can buy a used laptop power supply on car boot sale for a few pounds. This is how I got my <1A supply for my electronics project for 50p.

Regars,
Nygma

Second hand mains electrical equipment at boots fairs

Best avoided IMH(& qualified)O.