Re: Any electronic experts?

[Marc Fuller <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Darren,

Thanks for the reply. I have a 100watt bulb connected to it. The kit is
rated up to 800watt so I guess a 100watt bulb is fine?

Cheers

Marc


Darren Karp wrote:
>
>
> Marc,
>
> What's the load (lamp(s)) you're using?
>
> Darren
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> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On
> Behalf Of
> Marc Fuller
> Sent: 09 September 2008 19:41
> To: UKHA
> Subject: [ukha_d] Any electronic experts?
>
> Silly question knowing the people on this list :D
>
> Anyways, I am having some problems that are driving me mad and I'm
> looking for help from the group. As some of you may know I am trying
to
> build a lighting generator. So I bought this kit from Quasar.
>
> http://www.quasarel
<http://www.quasarelectronics.com/1006.htm
> <http://www.quasarelectronics.com/1006.htm>>
> ectronics.com/1006.htm
>
> Now it's a simple kit. Very simple. Only 5 components. As usual though
> the instructions are useless.
>
> http://www.quasarel
> <http://www.quasarelectronics.com/kit-files/smart-kit/1006.pdf
> <http://www.quasarelectronics.com/kit-files/smart-kit/1006.pdf>>
> ectronics.com/kit-files/smart-kit/1006.pdf
>
> So I bought a kit and built it as per the instructions. The build went
> well and I was happy. Except it doesn't work. Thinking I may have
> applied too much heat to the IC, I bought another kit and tried again,
> this time using an IC socket to stop possible damage. This one was
built
> even better and I was well pleased... except this one doesn't work
> either. I can only assume I am missing something here. I really don't
> know what the hell is going wrong with it. I've built things far more
> complicated than this that involved hundreds of components, but here
is
> this little kit.. driving me mad.
>
> I have connected Positive mains to pin 6, negative mains to pin 5. Pin
3
> is connected to Negative to the lamp and pin 4 to Positive to the
lamp.
> I connected pin 1 to the sound input positive and pin 2 to input
> negative (tried this both ways btw). The input is from my laptop
playing
> a sound file. When I connect a speaker across pin 1 and 2 I get sound
ok.
>
> For all I can see this should be working, but it's not. What the hell
am
> I missing? I am sure all my joints are OK and there are no shorts
across
> any contacts.
>
> I know it's hard to diagnose like this but Quasar are no help at all
and
> I'm at a loss. I would also be happy to pay someone to take a look at
it!?!?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Marc
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