bookman51
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Anyone have any experience of knowledge about the halogen incadescent bulbs? Are they ready for prime time and competitive with existing technologies?
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halogen incandescent bulbs
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ddawg16
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Unless you have a specific purpose for them....I wouldn't use them...
Halogen bulbs as you know contain 'halogen' (go figure)....the reason for the gas is to increase the life of the bulb.
In a normal incandescent bulb, as the filament glows it sheds tungston....the best annalogy is to think of it as 'rusting'.....once it rusts enough, the filament breaks....with the halogen gas in there, the gas helps the tungston recombine with the filament....but for all this to happen you have to have hotter temperatures than the traditonal incandescent....
Those higher temps do have a slight advantage...if gives you a really nice color of light....really broad color spectrum and the bulb is about 10% more effecient than a regular incandescent....
But those hotter temps also mean a potential fire hazard.....because of this you are limited in the types of lamps you can use....
I personally prefer CFL's.....
Halogen bulbs as you know contain 'halogen' (go figure)....the reason for the gas is to increase the life of the bulb.
In a normal incandescent bulb, as the filament glows it sheds tungston....the best annalogy is to think of it as 'rusting'.....once it rusts enough, the filament breaks....with the halogen gas in there, the gas helps the tungston recombine with the filament....but for all this to happen you have to have hotter temperatures than the traditonal incandescent....
Those higher temps do have a slight advantage...if gives you a really nice color of light....really broad color spectrum and the bulb is about 10% more effecient than a regular incandescent....
But those hotter temps also mean a potential fire hazard.....because of this you are limited in the types of lamps you can use....
I personally prefer CFL's.....
Anyone have any experience of knowledge about the halogen incadescent bulbs? Are they ready for prime time and competitive with existing technologies?
Bookman
Halogen has been around since about 1959 or so....
Unless you have lots of money to wa$te, halogen should be avoided.
burleymike
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Are you talking about something like the Philips Halogena? I have not tried them but I might here soon. I had a bunch of the CFLs but after one nearly caught fire I got rid of most of them. I just stuck the good old incandescent lamps back in the fixtures. I don't care much for the light quality of the CFL for reading either.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA07UM/?tag=atomicindus08-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA07UM/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Are you talking about something like the Philips Halogena? I have not tried them but I might here soon. I had a bunch of the CFLs but after one nearly caught fire I got rid of most of them. I just stuck the good old incandescent lamps back in the fixtures. I don't care much for the light quality of the CFL for reading either.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA07UM/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Halogena lamps are pretty decent quality* (at least they were) my use of a few has had good reviews from me.
* The ones I have used were made in France, not China.
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This is a link to what I have in mind. I have no experience with them but saw reference to them on another forum
http://assets.sylvania.com/assets/Documents/HAL040.436ea68f-4197-4015-9aee-41dcc368a84f.pdf
Bookman
http://assets.sylvania.com/assets/Documents/HAL040.436ea68f-4197-4015-9aee-41dcc368a84f.pdf
Bookman
benjamming
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Halogen is not a single element but rather form a group of elements such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
[snip]Halogen bulbs as you know contain 'halogen' (go figure)....the reason for the gas is to increase the life of the bulb. [snip]
Halogen is not a single element but rather form a group of elements such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
The light output for the wattage used and the life of the lamp, does not make it a good canidate for general lighitng (in some cases). Halogen PAR lamps I do like for recessed cans in homes/stores/businesses, but more and more CFL's have taken the lead in the Industry for $ reasons. If you were thinking on using Halogen Par lamps for a garage, I would advise against it.