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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Subject: Re: Using 500W halogen instead of 300W in a fixture
- References: <1992Dec18.125944.2867@ll.mit.edu>
- Message-ID: <BzGq8J.KMG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:09:51 GMT
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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?
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- Besides more heat, the 500W bulb draws 66% more current. Does
- your light have a dimmer switch? Can it handle the extra load?
-