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- From: mpb@troy.cc.bellcore.com (bunz,marcus p)
- Subject: Re: Using 500W halogen instead of 300W in a fixture
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 14:44:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.144427.14643@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Dec18.125944.2867@ll.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec18.125944.2867@ll.mit.edu>, rp@llex.ll.mit.edu ( Richard Pavelle) writes:
- >
- > I purchased a ceiling fixture that uses a 300W halogen.
- > I would like to use a 500W halogen instead. The fixture
- > is glass and brass and is about a foot from the ceiling
- > with lots of air flow. Is there any reason for not testing
- > the 500W and monitoring the resulting heat or am I foolish
- > to not follow the manufacturers guidlines?
- >
- > In general what advice do you give about installing higher
- > power illumination than the manufacturer suggests?
- >
- >
- If there is a little sticker thing that states 300W is the MAXIMUM
- lamp size, then you might as well cancel your fire insurance policy
- at the same time you put that 500W lamp in.
-
- In all likely hood, there is sufficient margin for saftey, and you
- won't have a problem, but the insurance company won't see it that
- way. Also keep in mind you probably won't see any thing the
- first couple times you use the higher wattage lamp. The problem
- is that it will cause the insulation on the wires to deteriorate
- just that much faster. Chances are you'll be lulled into a false
- sence of security since nothing happened the first time you
- flipped the switch.
-
- Marc
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