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jim@heart.seas.upenn.edu (Jim Streicher) writes:



>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 had the same problem, but this time when I put a 500W bulb in a
300W rated lamp.

>Does anyone know what might be wrong? Do I need to
>find a bulb that specifically says 500 watts type J?

That shouldn't be a problem.

>Should I try replacing the fuse?

That may or may not be it.  I have a dimmer switch in mine,
and it was very touchy after about a month.  I took it out completely
and so it's either on or off.  That was last august and it's
been working fine since then.  Never fixed the switch.

>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?

Another person I know also had the same problem about a month after
she bought it.  In both our cases I think a component in the dimmer
circuit got too hot and burnt out.  Make a good guess at which one
it could be in your lamp, and go from there.

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>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 

Good luck fixing the thing.

Jon Meyer
jem21176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu