They are terrific. I still use the old 40W and 60W KX2000 Krypton bulbs in our bathroom. The light is warm and bright while not being too yellow.

On a similar theme but possibly in reverse, I have the same type of problem. I live in Northern Ireland and I have just imported a new RV from over there. It has a 50amp 4 core power supply hookup (120/240V)(black, red, white and green cores). Our supply over here is 230V but only three cores - positive(hot) - brown, neutral - blue and earth - green/yellow. I had assumed that because the RV only has one air conditioner etc that it probably wouldn't have two hots ie be 240V (and had just been supplied with a generic 50amp capable cord) and I was just going to install a transformer in line but of course, after checking the RV side of the connector there are four wires (black, red white and bare) which again I take it the black and red should be fed 180 deg out of phase. Anybody any ideas how I can feed this given my supply type? Could I just use two transformers?

Megapea: I just took a look at the specs on your welder on the Net to see if I could offer any helpful information to keep you from burning holes. Just wondering, are you using the welder with the flux core wire or do you have it set up for gas? What gauge metal are you practicing on? I've never used a flux core machine so I can only offer good information on MIG, but in reading the Lincoln specs, I think I can give you some idea of what you need to consider to produce good welds even with flux core. Thinner materials require smaller electrodes. The flux core wire supplied with your machine is .035, and the recommended minimum gauge steel you can weld according to Lincoln is 18 gauge. If you are welding thinner materials such as auto body work, you will need to get down to .023 using gas, your amp settings should be fairly low, and the wire speed should be probably less than half speed. You need to set your speed so the wire doesn't feed too fast and bounce on the work, and it has to be fast enough to keep from burning back into the tip and welding itself shut. Also, thin materials have less mass, which means that welding heat will not be dissipated into the work as quickly, and burning through is more likely. Two things that may help with burn through, if you are already running minimum heat and wire speed, is to make shorter beads, or back up your weld with a copper heat sink. Practicing with your welder will be a lot easier if you start with thicker materials, at least 1/8 inch. Good luck to ya! GG

I am new here and joined due to this particular discussion. I am an electrical contractor and recently bought a miller thunderbolt ac dc stick welder that I plan on wiring a receptacle for. The cable feeding the unit is only #10 AWG 3 conductor with what looks to be a 30 amp cord end attached (could have been added later--I bought it used. The welder input power is listed at 240 volt 46 amps if I remember right. My plan was to run #6 AWG wire and terminate to a 50 amp 3 wire twist lock receptacle. I would also replace the male cord end and wire on the welder to #6 wire and a different 50 amp cord end. The fella named rcmjr had a good question. He asked what size wire should I run for a 50 amp circuit? Well typically without considering Art 630 of the NEC we would run #6 THHN wire to the receptacle unless special circumstances are present such as a long run (over 100 foot), or it is feeding a motor or other instance. If you wanted to go what I would consider "over and above" and leave the receptacle in the home after moving out wired correctly thats how I would run it. That way when so and so moves in and plugs their 45 amp device into the unit they would be safe. A circuit breaker is kind of like a thermostat. It senses heat and opens the circuit. The problem with art 630 is that if you run #10 wire from a 50 or 60 amp breaker and terminate onto a 50 or 60 amp rated receptacle someone could theoretically come by and plug something other than a welder with a low duty cycle and the WIRE WOULD MELT BEFORE THE BREAKER TRIPPED!!! the size and rating of the insulation of copper wire is listed in 310.16 or thereabouts in the NEC. We usually size wire using the 75 degree column since most panel lugs are only rated for 75 degrees Celsius. That puts you right at about 30 amps. Now art 630 says I can run #10 wire to my receptacle to feed my 46 amp welder. What it does not say (but I believe it is implied) is that same wire will be terminated into a receptacle and breaker greater than the 30 amp rating of that wire. There are a couple problems with this. But perhaps most frightening is the fire risk. You can either terminate into a 30 amp receptacle for instance or say a 50 amp one. Well, in my opinion it is safer on a higher ampere rating receptacle because the receptacle is rated for a higher ampacity and would not be the weak link in the circuit. Since people who write code do their research I feel safe doing so as long as I prevent unauthorized access to the receptacle and if I was to move I would simply remove it or install a 240 volt 30 amp twist lock receptacle thus providing a safe circuit in most instances. The ideal situation would be to run wire rated for the amp draw of the machine regardless of what art 630 in the code says about duty cycle and downsizing conductor size. That would mean running #6 to a 50 amp plug and terminating into a 50 amp 2 pole breaker. Or #4 onto a 60 amp breaker and receptacle. I will probably run #10 wire though to my welder and remove the receptacle and pull the wire off the breaker if I move. I am new to welding but I am comfortable with electricity so I hope that helps someone out.