(Topic ID: 56217)

Adding incandescent bulbs to GI, how many can I get away with?

By Jam_Burglar

10 years ago



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#1 10 years ago

I have White Water and I want to add a spotlight, and maybe another GI bulb under my lost mountain mod. I don't want to use LEDs on my GI because they don't work for the dimming effects the game has (I use LEDs in the inserts though). I want these new bulbs to be in the GI circuit so that they dim with the other GI. Does anybody have a good idea of how many bulbs I can add without overloading the circuit?

#2 10 years ago

2 or three shouldn't be a problem at all, just make sure you add them in parallel, not series.

#3 10 years ago
Quoted from Anim8ormatt:

2 or three shouldn't be a problem at all, just make sure you add them in parallel, not series.

So that would mean tapping into the driver board (J120) instead of running wires off the nearest GI bulb (or the last bulb in the circuit)?

#4 10 years ago

no, nothing that complicated.

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#5 10 years ago
Quoted from mrbillishere:

no, nothing that complicated.
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Ahh yes. Well deserved. Thanks!

#6 10 years ago
Quoted from mrbillishere:

no, nothing that complicated.
here, http://bit.ly/1bleyjm

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