I generally don't say this randy but you aren't making any sense at all.
Actually, you say this quite often and not just to me
You can't power coin door lights with usb because coin door lights need more than 5volts and usb can only give you that much. What I said was not only perfectly and exactly correct, but simple and filtered down to a simple sentence so that anyone, even you could understand it.
Howard, a 6-volt lamp will light fine with 5 volts. You WILL kill your USB port if you try to get the power from there. It won't be the lack of voltage that does it, but the current drawn by the bulb. Can you understand that?
...{snip} I don't know why I would need to explain more, but the others did to ease his mind.
Quit deluding yourself, it's getting old.
Never the less doing what I say generally will never steer you wrong.
Yeah, I still remember the time you said there were no admin buttons inside arcade machines. But you are right, since I knew better, you didn't steer me wrong.
If that is true then why are you doing it now? Quite frankly this thread is none of your business.
You didn't add any info, but merely commented on my conduct. I may have expressed my distain, but I also corrected the info. In other words I was helpful.
Yeah, I'll bet everyone else sees it that way too. See the part about delusion above.
You on the other hand haven't offered any info other than a comment on incandescen
t bulbs, which btw are virtually the same (power wise) as regular bulbs and is why I said I had already commented on it. I guess I had to spell it out for you.
In case you missed it, Howard, as I said, those comments were for
Grafixmonkey who summarized the thread incorrectly. You were the one that hammered yourself into that one.
I'm sure in your own mind you thought you were doing right, but you merely "fanned the flames"
There were no flames in this thread until you gurgitated them. Oh, and seeing that you are sure about what is in my "own mind", what am I thinking now?
Respectfully, I was in this thread before it got heated, and I felt insulted by his comments, so I had a right to respond. You weren't and thus you don't.
The word "respectfully" isn't usually used, right after you insult somebody, so I don't know how to interpret that.
The part about me not having the "right" to respond and somehow you deciding that, just deserves another
Thank you for your insight, but please drop it. If you have a problem pm me, don't take it out here.
Ahh, a sensible end to an insulting post.....how
do you do it?
Ok, I'm bored. Have at me (PM, if you wish)
Oh, and just to keep this thread on topic (you can look away now Howard, if you don't feel I have the right to post
):
"Normal" bulbs as referred to in this thread and as used in garden variety coin-doors
are incandescent.
Incandescent bulbs can be purchased in any number of sizes and or voltages.
You don't have to give an incandesent bulb *exactly* the rated voltage. A 6-volt will light on 5-volts. Might be a little dimmer, but you probably won't notice much. Just don't go higher than rated or it will be brighter but only for a very short time
. Another bonus is that a bulb rated for 6volts will probably last longer at 5volts. A candle that burns half as bright, burns twice as long and all that rot.
If you want to use a certain type or voltage of bulb, as long as it fits into the hole behind the reject button and you can find a socket for it (or it fits in the one you have), just replace the one that is in there with what you want. Just Make sure you give it the voltage/current it needs and don't power it from the PS/2 or USB port.
And when you finally come to your senses:
Hot melt a fifty-cent 10,000mcd white LED into the hole, hook up the appropriate resistor, give it 5v from just about anywhere you care to (following what Matt888 said) and fugheddaboutit. It will last for over 10 years of constant on time.
RandyT
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