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Old 6th Nov 2018, 2:58 pm   #8
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Default Re: Temporary load for power supply testing

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
6V car bulbs (not easy to find, but they do exist) make good dummy loads for 5V power supplies. I've used 1 or 2 6V headlamp bulbs with the fillaments in parallel as a dummy load on a minicomputer PSU I was rebuilding.
I use the same method. And they light up when 'on' which is always handy.
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