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Article #6184Re: halogen lamp died, what is wrong?
From: Mr Garry J. Wardrope
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:15
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:15
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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 >........ The type indicates reliability and colour rendering and shouldn't make a lot of difference as to wheither it comes on or not. A 300W lamp should still work in a fitting rated up to 500W. Your problem sounds more like a component failure! Why don't you get (borrow?) an AVO and check the things. Even new lamps can be duds. Check the lamp resistance - it should be pretty low ( few ohms ) check the fuse continuity and check the voltage on the pins. Remember though if the lamp has a solid state dimmer you might not get what you would expect out if there isnt any load (i.e. working lamp) connected. Garry -- Mail: Garry Wardrope, Computing Science Dept., Tel: (041) 339 8855 x5322 Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. email: gjw@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk ".. and even if I came in sight of paradise what price its moon without Marsco"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!glasgow!gjw From: gjw@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr Garry J. Wardrope) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: halogen lamp died, what is wrong? Message-ID: <BuAxLt.JEn@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> Date: 9 Sep 92 08:15:28 GMT References: <88064@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept. Lines: 28