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customer's fancy light. transformer is goosed. no output (load is connected, been caught before when TX only outputs with min. load or more)). new TX ordered.

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yes . time to tidy the workbench. . cringes in anticipation of the replies. :D
 
Must admit I do like the cigarette box with the smoke hanging from the babies mouth, hilarious, more a Dunhill man but I go with the Speckled Hen.
 
Glad to see you've cleared your bench of that Paul Masson plonk, in favour of some more respectable beverage.

Alas I haven't a dedicated workbench, I'm unable to enter my garage due to the mounds of junk, a new mountain bike I bought when I retired (now just collecting dust) and tins of surplus paint.

My only claim to man stuff, is a respectable stick for stirring paint, which I've had for donkies. But if you listen to her indoors, its not seen the light of day for years :oops:
 
At least you can see your bench, I need a tidy up...

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Tel I had the same problem with a very similar light [those little halogen capsule lamps 10w ?] and found a normal 100va electronic transformer fitted in the cap quite comfortably. ;)
 
Tel, you need more pens!

I replaced a tranny on a similar light to that around three years ago. Couldn't source the donut tranny except from Holland if I recall correctly, so opted for a normal 105VA tranny that would just about fit in whilst keeping the metal stud in place. I fitted lower wattage lamps to stop it overloading.
Unfortunately that didn't last that long either, so ended up changing it to a driver with LEDs. That has lasted much longer.
Those types of light fittings with the donut trannys are known to have a problem apparently, recall reading a post on a certain regs forum a while back.
 
pain in the arse those lights as people end up sticking 20w capsules in and killing the tranny, I found aurora do a round replacement when I last did one
this is what i've ordered,
Round electronic transformer, 105VA, power, AU-RD105, Aurora Lighting UK - https://www.directtradesupplies.co.uk/product.php/162803/aurora-lighting-35-105w-va-round-electronic-transformer--white-?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnubLBRC_ARIsAASsNNmS47rfMoRbAIqzKIU6AG-z1btIIfQmboesVk5hOuFLsMbVeWm-03QaAkfREALw_wcB

and i think you may be right about having had 20w G4 s fitted, although customer brought fitting here with no lamps in.
 

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