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Article #8951Re: Halogen news
From: Charlie Ih
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 14:55
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 14:55
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In article <1348@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes: >The Jan. '91 issue of The Institute (the IEEE's newsprint .... >GE has just improved the electrical efficiency of halogen lamps. >They give the envelope an infrared-reflective coating. ... > .... This reflects much of the heat back onto the filament, keeping >it incandescent-hot, saving the electrical energy .... >....... Since it works only on infrared radiation, >it doesn't affect the lumens in the visible spectrum. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I am glad somebody have made it. 60% energy saving (even more) is possible. Actually the IR coating can improve the color balance of the light. Can anybody tell me if this is already a product on the market or where I can find more information. Thanks in advance. Charles S. Ih
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!ih From: ih@udel.edu (Charlie Ih) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Halogen news Message-ID: <39089@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 14:55:46 GMT References: <4676@mcgp1.UUCP> <3035@naucse.cse.nau.edu> <1348@inews.intel.com> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Followup-To: sci.electronics Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: huey.udel.edu