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- From: acampane@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Angelo Campanella)
- Subject: Re: Halogen Lights
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.075629.20057@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Keywords: halogen lamp life
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- References: <1992Dec7.191414.986@pts1.pts.mot.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:56:29 GMT
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- to run a halogen lamg:
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- 1/ Use rated voltage or less
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- 2/ Ac and Dc work equally well.
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- 3/ Main difference between these and 115v bulbs is that Halogems have
- been optimized for low voltage (fat filament) and high current.
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- 4/ "Halogen: is usually iodine or the like which has heavy molecules that will
- discourage the sputtering of the filament material away (sputtering
- depletes the filament and otherwise shortens its life). Deterioration due
- to sputtering is evident by darkening of bulb interior.
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- 5/ Quartz is usually used for the envelope because it expands very little when
- hot. However, quartz is also very brittle hot or cold, so be careful.
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- 6/ Spots (grease from your fingers) will etch onto the envelope when hot.
- This inceases the amount of heat absorbed by the envelope, leading to
- more deterioration. So keep your sticky fingers off the envelope:
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- 7/ Any transformer will work as long as it gives 12 volts (or whatever votage
- you need. The transformer must be rated for the maximum current that
- you expect the lamp to draw. The controls often supply 6vac ("low" ) and
- 12vac ("high"). Thus, an ancient center-tapped filament transformer should
- be perfect for the job. Precise voltage is not important (i.e. 11v vs 16v).
- Generally, the higher the voltage, the brighter the glow, but the shorter
- the life.
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- Ang.
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