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Offline salongaopm

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2012, »
this is the  one i oredered:

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hopefully, it will work ok.

i will post updates  once i tried it.

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2012, »
the discription for the Ebay transformer
60 Watts Max Power

ONLY AC 12V Output

The input line (red lines) IN : AC 100V-130V 50/60Hz

output lines ( white lines) OUT: AC 12V , 60W

ONLY use for AC low voltage lighting , Change from AC 110V to AC 12V !!!!!!(LED lights can not be used)!!!!! <md..

ONLY for G4/G5.3 Halogen Light Bulb Minimum to 20 WATT, Maximum to 60 WATT.

Dimensions(L x W x H): about 2.4 x 1.4 x 1.0 inch.

Quartz lamps for AC low voltage 12V (Halogen)

Decoration lighting for malls, family room lighting, can also be used for bar lights.

Uses: Exports forAC low-voltage lights dedicated Taiwan, USA and Canada

Don't know if I would use it.
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2012, »
seems ok.  the "LED lights can not be used" is for people that have outdoor led landscaping lights.

60w is more than enough for one aether II
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2012, »
I would be curious to see how these work.  I doubt I use them just because a 60 watt transformer designed and built in China sounds wrought with danger that will destroy my Aether.  Now I'm out a $90 Aether plus waiting on the coop, plus solder time.  I hope I'm wrong, but let us know. 

I've tried to cheapen on things before and I always end up spending more money in the end.

I'm considering order a few of these maybe only a backup, but I haven't decided.

Offline salongaopm

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2012, »
just an update:

two out of three did not even light up the aether. one was able to turn on the aether but with a very faint light only. a big FAIL experiment.


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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2012, »
i wonder if they were mistagged.
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2012, »
I ordered 60W 12V AC electronic transformers.

I tried them and they did not work.  The ebay description did not mention this, but they were 220V units.  If I'd looked more closely at the picture I would have seen this. :(

I'm sure there is something out there which works -- an inexpensive and small solution to A/C power needs.  I haven't found it yet.

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2012, »
$45 doesn't seem like much, and it can power two...

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2012, »
I tried this smaller transformer hoping it would be higher quality based off the information on their website.
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I need to power a single Aether II on the other side of my driveway

It did not work right.

The Malibu power supply is rock solid, I will probably just buy another smaller wattage model to power the single Aether II.
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2012, »
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i wonder if they were mistagged.

do you think it is not really a 60watt as advertised? how can i check the wattage output?

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2012, »
Two problems with electronic transformers, one the output is high frequency so most multimeter's won't read the output voltage and two most require a minimum wattage to run ie: if there 60 watt max they may require a minimum of 20 watts to fire up. The easiest way to check them to see if there working is to get a 12 volt 20 to 50 watt MR16 Halogen bulb and see if the transformer lights it. (Beware the bulb will get VERY HOT quickly so don't touch it.)
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2012, »
no more electronic transformer for me then. hopefully someone can find a reasonable priced small transformer that will work with aether.

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2012, »
what would be reasonably priced?  the one i listed was only $45, and can power 2 aether II's. that's lik $22.50 per  aether II
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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2012, »
The one that is listed on the wiki is 300 watts which will power 8, or $12.5/aether.  I bought the 600 watt because I have 6 and I'm going for 12-17 total.  I also like the head room if I want to go to it's full potential at 17 which is a little over $8.40/aether with tax.  The 600 watt is the best bang for the buck if you are going over 8 aethers and want to run it from one device.

I plan on using them year round for outdoor lighting of the house.  I always wanted to do it, so this seemed fitting.

Just buy the power supply at HD and safe yourself headache, solder, time and $.

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Re: aether power supply
« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2012, »
The idea of an aether with its own power supply and not to worry of accidentally pluging it directly to an ac outlet is just nice. Also, using a $4.35 transformer on an aether is pretty good. Unfortunately, it did not work.