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Article #15806Using 500W halogen instead of 300W in a fixture
From: Richard Pavelle
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:55
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:55
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I purchased a ceiling fixture that uses a 300W halogen. I would like to use a 500W halogen instead. The fixture is glass and brass and is about a foot from the ceiling with lots of air flow. Is there any reason for not testing the 500W and monitoring the resulting heat or am I foolish to not follow the manufacturers guidlines? In general what advice do you give about installing higher power illumination than the manufacturer suggests?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!news.bbn.com!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!xn.ll.mit.edu!ll.mit.edu!llex!rp From: rp@llex.ll.mit.edu ( Richard Pavelle) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Using 500W halogen instead of 300W in a fixture Message-ID: <1992Dec18.125529.2808@ll.mit.edu> Date: 18 Dec 92 12:55:29 GMT Sender: news@ll.mit.edu Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lines: 12 Originator: rp@llex