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[banpei]

I came across this 4A-GE tablelamp:



Maybe someone here is looking for a winter project?

[decryphe]

(11-23-2025 01:36 PM)banpei Wrote:  Maybe someone here is looking for a winter project?

But but, I already have a car! No more projects, please!

Looks cool though. I used to build lamps from scrap parts at work for people who left (quit or retired). Using car parts is a smart idea and I absolutely love the valve cover choice.

[banpei]

I know The Doctor made a lamp from a 2T-G head (or was it a cover?) so it's definitely a good way to reuse your old parts.

[The Doctor]

It's a 2T-B valve cover i used

[banpei]

Ah yes now I remember. It has been 10 years since I saw that one!

[decryphe]

Using fake spark plug wires is an absolutely amazing idea.

[banpei]

I think these are real ones, but probably the bulbs are 12V halogen or LED so they don't draw a lot of current. (and leads are high voltage anyways)

[Ivan141]

Not highly likely since you need two wires for mains (not saying it's flat out impossible but unlikely).

[banpei]

The distributor cap is connected to the cover, so that's the negative in this case. As I said, this appears to be a 12V system.
For mains, it wouldn't be a bright idea, but it would be possible to do it that way as well.

[The Doctor]

It's regular household wire. The local DIY store had some fabric covered wire which I thought could pass for spark plug wires. Underneath the cap is a normal connecting block to split it into 4 wires for the 4 lamps. I butchered a set of 2T-B spark plug wires for the caps to make them look like spark plug wires. Drilled the dizzy cap to pass the wires through, so they are not removable. I wanted to mount a coil on the place where it goes into the ceiling, but couldn't get it open without completely destroying it, so it looked shit.
Lamps are regular 240v LED bulbs