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- From: t923335@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (IronEagle)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: UNDERPOWERED HALOGEN LAMPS
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 03:27:05 GMT
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- References: <27806@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov8.214902.25022@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
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- johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy) writes:
-
- >In article <27806@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
- >|> I have read that running halogen lamps on reduced voltage will shorten
- >|> their life, the argument being that their life depends on a cycle of
- >|> tungsten sublimation and redeposition which requires a certain
- >|> temperature to work. However, it seems to me that at lower
- >|> temperatures where it doesn't work (so well) it is not needed, i.e.,
- >|> tungsten/halogens should have the same kind of life/voltage graph as
- >|> ordinary vacuum tungstens.
- >|> Can someone who knows confirm or deny this?
-
- >I have a catalogue which states that a halogen lamp's life is DOUBLED if run at
- >5% under voltage; and HALVED if run at 5% over.
- >The down side is that light output drops by 17% for a 5% undervoltage lamp.
- >These figures are for 12V tungsten halogen lamps - the ones with the inbuilt
- >dichroic reflector.
-
- >A thought:
- > There's been a lot of hoo-ha recently about the high UV content of the
- >light output of these globes, due to the high operating temperatures. Does
- >anybody know how much the spectrum will differ if the globe is run 5%
- >undervoltage? I can't be bothered doing my own black-body radiation calculations
- >(its a bit difficult when you don't have all the data :-)
-
- On the subject of halogen and such headlamps, I can remember reading
- in a publication directed at Automobiles, an article about the new
- headlight's that Volvo(?) were putting out with their new range of
- cars.... From memory it was a DI (Sorry, I might be an EE, but this
- lost me) lamp in place of the standard QI type lamp... the idea being
- increase of intensity in some part of the UV region, supposedly
- allowing an increase in the light penetrating the fog/mist, giving a
- higher visibility....
-
- Anyway, I have no idea of the point to what I just typed, but if
- anyone knows any info on the 'DI" lamps, I would be interested to hear
- the principles behind them...
-
- Damien/IronEagle
-
- >JohnH
-
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