On 08/24/2014 3:01 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
  > an old
automotive headlight. 
 On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Robert Jarratt wrote:
  I forgot to mention that I have used
car/motorcycle bulbs before, but I find
 them a bit awkward to work with. 
 Howzbout: using a motorcycle headlight housing;
mounted to an old
 swing-arm lamp bracket
 
 I dunno, a 5 ohm 5W resistor takes up a lot less bench space...heck even
a two watt would be OK for short periods of time - lets see 5 volts
across 5 ohms = 1A at 5Watts.
John :-#)#