Comments on: Best light ever had to go http://www.tomfotherby.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/best-light-ever-had-to-go/ My little place in cyberspace Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Martin http://www.tomfotherby.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/best-light-ever-had-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Martin Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:56:11 +0000 http://www.tomfotherby.com/blog/?p=297#comment-4015 Hi, Guys. Not sure what lamp that fitting took, but if it was a halogen-type lamp, then there are a couple of things to remember... When fitting a new lamp, NEVER MAKE SKIN CONTACT WITH THE GLASS of the new lamp... The quartz glass it's made from is VERY GOOD at resisting heat, but VERY POOR at resisting the salts and body acids on the skin from permeating through the "glass" when heated... Thus a lamp that can last five months will blow in 10 days, unless you use a clean cloth, tissue or cardboard to install the new lamp. An exception to the touching rule is the dichroic-type lamp, in which the halogen capsule is itself housed in a large glass reflector and is perfectly OK to handle with bare fingers. Also, if ANY halogen lamp has been on, ALWAYS wait for it to cool before going near it... Halogen lamps work at over 200øC !!!! Hi, Guys. Not sure what lamp that fitting took, but if it was a halogen-type lamp, then there are a couple of things to remember… When fitting a new lamp, NEVER MAKE SKIN CONTACT WITH THE GLASS of the new lamp… The quartz glass it’s made from is VERY GOOD at resisting heat, but VERY POOR at resisting the salts and body acids on the skin from permeating through the “glass” when heated… Thus a lamp that can last five months will blow in 10 days, unless you use a clean cloth, tissue or cardboard to install the new lamp.

An exception to the touching rule is the dichroic-type lamp, in which the halogen capsule is itself housed in a large glass reflector and is perfectly OK to handle with bare fingers.

Also, if ANY halogen lamp has been on, ALWAYS wait for it to cool before going near it… Halogen lamps work at over 200øC !!!!

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