06-11-2023, 09:43 PM
Rich
I kinda doubt that this would change anything. Your rocker switch will do to a radio with its switch on the same as the radio's own switch would do. So if you decide to flip your external rocker switch quickly on after you have just powered the radio down, there is no difference in the process. And the pilot lamp might (I am not saying "will", but "might") just burn again.
And the bucking transformer itself will not prevent the lamp from burning, as the same inrush will happen. A discharged cap will draw lots of current from almost any voltage, and so difference of 5% to 10% won't matter.
I kinda doubt that this would change anything. Your rocker switch will do to a radio with its switch on the same as the radio's own switch would do. So if you decide to flip your external rocker switch quickly on after you have just powered the radio down, there is no difference in the process. And the pilot lamp might (I am not saying "will", but "might") just burn again.
And the bucking transformer itself will not prevent the lamp from burning, as the same inrush will happen. A discharged cap will draw lots of current from almost any voltage, and so difference of 5% to 10% won't matter.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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