- [Q] dimmer switch for halogen floor lamp - 2 Updates
| "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien1@virginmedia.com>: Jun 25 10:11PM +0100 <jurb6006@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7de0bee4-da07-4d3c-b325-115fe7c2958c@googlegroups.com... > But the thing is you are really not supposed to din halogen lamps because > then the halogen is not sufficiently activated to allow the filament to > operate in the higher range, which is the whole idea of halogen lamps. Its all about the; "halogen cycle" - vapourised tungsten recirculates and condenses back on the filament. Under a critical temperature, it deposits on the inside of the envelope just like regular bulbs. |
| tabbypurr@gmail.com: Jun 25 05:02PM -0700 On Sunday, 25 June 2017 22:11:59 UTC+1, Ian Field wrote: > Its all about the; "halogen cycle" - vapourised tungsten recirculates and > condenses back on the filament. Under a critical temperature, it deposits on > the inside of the envelope just like regular bulbs. but slowly. And when full powered it then cleans itself. NT |
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