Incandescent light bulb life extending apparatus
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1. An incandescent light bulb life extending apparatus, comprising:
- a fixed phase control circuit for connection between standard 120V AC power source and an existing incandescent lighting circuit, said fixed phase control circuit including a low pass filter coupled to said 120V AC power source, a triac coupled to said lighting circuit, and a diac coupled between said low pass filter and triac for gating said triac, said fixed phase control circuit operating to wave shape the A.C. power from said source as applied to said lighting circuit at a specific phase that does not change.
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Abstract
An incandescent light bulb life extending apparatus operates by modifying or wave shaping the A.C. power that supplies power to a lamp or light fixture, using a phase control circuit that is fixed at a specific phase that does not change. The light bulb life extending apparatus is housed in a plug in/plug into enclosure with prongs on one side that plug into a standard ordinary A.C. wall socket or receptacle, and a lamp power cord or similar light fixture power cord then plugs into the receptacle located on the opposing side of the enclosure.
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1. An incandescent light bulb life extending apparatus, comprising:
a fixed phase control circuit for connection between standard 120V AC power source and an existing incandescent lighting circuit, said fixed phase control circuit including a low pass filter coupled to said 120V AC power source, a triac coupled to said lighting circuit, and a diac coupled between said low pass filter and triac for gating said triac, said fixed phase control circuit operating to wave shape the A.C. power from said source as applied to said lighting circuit at a specific phase that does not change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An incandescent light bulb life extending apparatus, comprising:
a fixed phase control circuit for connection between standard 120V AC power source and an existing incandescent lighting circuit, said fixed phase control circuit including a low pass filter coupled to said 120V AC power source, a quadrac having junction leads coupled to said lighting circuit and a gate coupled to said low pass filter for gating said quadrac, said fixed phase control circuit operating to wave shape the A.C. power from said source as applied to said lighting circuit at a specific phase that does not change. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A life extending incandescent light bulb apparatus fixed phase control circuit, comprising:
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first and second connection terminals for connection to an AC power source;
third and fourth terminals for connection to an existing incandescent light fixture;
a first capacitor parallel-connected across said first and second terminals;
an inductor connected on one side to said first terminal;
a second capacitor connected from another side of said inductor to said second terminal;
a third capacitor connected in series with a resistor from another side of said inductor to said second terminal;
a diac connected on one side between the third capacitor and resistor;
a triac connected from another side of said inductor to said second terminal, and said triac having a gate connected to another side of said diac. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A life extending incandescent light bulb apparatus fixed phase control circuit, comprising:
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first and second connection terminals for connection to an AC power source;
third and fourth terminals for connection to an existing incandescent light fixture;
a first capacitor parallel-connected across said first and second terminals;
an inductor connected on one side to said first terminal;
a second capacitor connected from another side of said inductor to said second terminal;
a third capacitor connected in series with a resistor from another side of said inductor to said second terminal;
a quadrac connected from another side of said inductor to said second terminal, and said quadrac having a gate connected between said third capacitor and resistor. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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