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Article #6023halogen lamp died, what is wrong?
From: Jim Streicher
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 15:19
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 15:19
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My halogen light recently died. It is rated at 500 watts and requires a "Type J" bulb. I replaced the bulb with a 300 watt one but nothing on the package indicated a "type J". Nevertheless, it fit nicely into the socket. The lamp still doesn't work. I opened the switch and found a 250 volts, 6 amp line fuse that appeared to be intact. Does anyone know what might be wrong? Do I need to find a bulb that specifically says 500 watts type J? Should I try replacing the fuse? I know I am not supposed to touch the bulb with my hands but other that that, I don't know anything about these lamps. Are they unreliable? Is there something else I could check? Any help would be much appreciated. Jim --- Jim Streicher (215) 898-8099 jim@heart.seas.upenn.edu (best) Dept. of Bioengineering jim@thrombus.seas.upenn.edu (forwarded to heart) U. of Penn. streiche@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (forwarded to heart) Philadelphia, PA. 19104
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!news.netmbx.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!math.fu-berlin.de!Sirius.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!heart.seas.upenn.edu From: jim@heart.seas.upenn.edu (Jim Streicher) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: halogen lamp died, what is wrong? Summary: How do I fix a broken halogen lamp? Message-ID: <88064@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 6 Sep 92 15:19:50 GMT Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Followup-To: sci.electronics Organization: Department of Bioengineering Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: heart.seas.upenn.edu Originator: jim@heart.seas.upenn.edu