Fluorescent to LED conversion
I have 2 of these fluorescent fixtures in the Lance, they work great and give off lots of light but not really very energy efficient when boondocking. I looked at swapping in LED bulbs in place of th...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Ever measure the output of a "Wall wart" almost always hotter than labeled.
Traditionally, this was very much true, especially when measured open circuit. Wall warts were usually unregulated with little more (maybe nothing more) than a transformer and a rectifier.
These days, practically all new wall warts are tiny switching power supplies and are quite well regulated. They will generally be spot-on
their voltage specification (well, within a few percent/tenths of a volt). They're also a good bit more efficient and hence run cooler than the old ones.
