IIRC, some Wien bridge oscillator circuits use an incandescent bulb
as a ballast to control their oscillation rate.  Maybe that would be a
good place to start looking for information?

Mike H.

On 1/4/07, Harold Hallikainen <harold@hallikainen.org> wrote:
> I'm considering using an incandescent light bulb as a current limiter in a
> circuit, but having trouble finding voltage versus current data for light
> bulbs. All my Google searches turn up consumer info on people that want to
> sell me light bulbs. Using the term ballast turns up stuff on fluorescent
> lamps. Using constant current turns up stuff on LEDs. So, anyone know
> where such data may exist?
>
> THANKS!
>
> Harold
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