How many 230V lamps with GU5.3 bases have you seen?Whys it gonna go bang then.
Actually none but seen 12v and 24v
Does it state the output is 230v then
BANG!
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Actually none but seen 12v and 24v
Does it state the output is 230v then
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It's a GU5.3 to ES converter.
Screw it into an ES lampholder with 230V supplied to it and you'll get 230V across the pins of your lamp with the GU5.3 base.
Screw it into an ES lampholder with 230V supplied to it and you'll get 230V across the pins of your lamp with the GU5.3 base.
Given the price and size, you're almost certainly right - but you are do a little 'assuming' there!
Kind Regards, John
The thing i can see is B22 and a bayonet thing
I have sent him a message asking the output
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You're right - it's B22 to MR16 - and my brain didn't register that BAS was writing something totally different. Maybe he was talking about something other than the 'adapter' in the OP? Whatever, my recent comments still hold, hence ...The thing i can see is B22 and a bayonet thing
Thanks. If you can get an answer, that will obviously avoid any further assumption/speculation (and maybe, even, if the answer is 'surprising', may avoid the need for calls to close down eBay!).
Kind Regards, John
"dear,
good day!
the output voltage is 220V,and it is not suitable for 12 volt lamps,
hope you understand.
regards!"
C'mon - don't mix your features up.
I's a B22 to GU5.3 adapter.
No - I was writing something different to the adapter in the OP even though that's what I was talking about.
Mine too.
Don't shoot the messenger - I was quoting correctly (including the 'mixed features') the description of the item in the eBay listing linked in the OP!
I'm starting to wonder whether we are really pointing fingers at the right people. Given that, as I think we have established, there are (a few) LV lamps with GU5.3 bases, I'm not sure that one can necessarily blame anyone for manufacturing and/or selling adapters which allow LV (from a lampholder with different base) to be delivered to a lamp with such a base.
Is not the real problem that (in some cases far more commonly than we're talking about here) LV and ELV lamps are allowed to have the same bases?
Kind Regards, John
Apparently it may be.
What's the betting that all such lamps are made in China?
What's the betting that all such lamps are made in China?
You may well be right - you can, for example, buy them wholesale (with free shipping from China) for $1.54 each from here
However, the country of origin is obviously irrelevant to the point I was making. As I said, if 230V lamps with GU5.3 bases are 'allowed' (and, at least to some extent, exist) in, say, the UK, then one really can't blame a manufacturer anywhere (whether China or Birmingham) for making an adapter. It's the fact that 230V and 12V (and other voltage) lamps are allowed to share the same base that is really the problem. For example, I have a stock of 12V B22 or E27 (can't remember which, without looking) 'GLS-style' bulbs for use in a couple of ELV inspection lights I have - and I have to 'lock them away', to avoid the possibilitry of another member of the household (or even me!) 'making the mistake'. I don't see that as a very good situation, do you?
Kind Regards, John
Bought one! Just HAD to have one! Should be good for a laugh when it arrives
Its arrived! Took its sweet time ....... will power it up via the variac at work tomorrow.... but I think we all know whats gonna happen!
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