actually yeah, i found out that it was a varistor just after i posted this. Well i am glad that the little thing sacraficed itslef to protect the rest, otherwise i would have had ALOT more work to do to fix it. Well i did actually fix the light, although it turned out MUCH more expensive then i was wanting. I basically ripped the whole light apart, cut the varistor right off, replaced the fuse, bought a 250W 240V to 110V AC converter, AND IT WORKED! Although since the light bulb in this thing draws 250W itself, and the light had more steppers and stuff in it, the transformer heated up after about 10 minutes, and blew its own circuit breaker. So today i went down and bought a 500W AC converter, and it works, and doesn't shut off(well for atleast the time i have run it for)BUT it does get fairly warm. Is it usual for these transformers to get fairly warm? will it cause any damage to the transformer if i left it on, for say, 4 hours, and it got hot?? i would think it would have a thermal sensor built into it, but i don't want someone to hire me for their disco, and the light will only work for 1 hour or so at a time? IIRC, the inrush is 340W, and peak is something like 260W.
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