Figured out that contacts are more prone to oxidizing in the case of DC 12V E27 lamps
Figured out that contacts are more prone to oxidizing in the case of DC 12V E27 lamps
I'm from Ukraine, so normal power is a rare thing. Most of us forced to experiment with DIY crazy shit in the scale of our budgets. So I have a 12V battery with a charger and I have found a DC 12V lamp to save some power on AC-DC 12V-220V converting. Sitting with a light is better than sitting in the dark.
But I start noticing that lamp is emitting light much more dimly than before. It happened gradually through 1.5-2 years, so the first idea was to blame the lamp itself. Shitty lamp working almost constantly for 2 years might started dying. I checked voltage. 13V from the PSU with battery. Ok. Replaced the lamp (luckily I had an unused one from the same set as the dim lamp) and... the same shitty dim light. But I wasn't completely sure that it was brighter 2 years ago. I could easily imagining things. Returned the previous 2 years old lamp. The light became much brighter. Almost as I remembered it.
Cleaned the contacts. All is nice now.
It looks like DC low voltage/amperage doesn't work fine with E27. Oxidizing is more significant in comparison to AC 220V.
I hope my story is dull enough for this community :)