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Interior Lighting Lighting Types
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Halogen Lamps
- Like the incandescent lamp the halogen lamp produces light when a length of wire is heated
- With an incandescent lamp tungsten particles burn off the filament and are deposited on the inside surface of the bulb
- With halogen lamps tungsten particles combine with the halogen gas and deposit themselves back onto the filament. This is known as the Halogen Cycle
- The filament is continually being rejuvenated and lasts much longer " up to ten times more than a standard incandescent lamp filament
- Certain tungsten halogen lamps are also referred to as quartz halogen or quartz iodine lamps, where the bulb containing the filament is quartz glass
Halogen Dichroic Lamps
- Halogen lamp capsule with an integrated dichroic reflector
- Dichroic means glass coated with microscopic layers of metallic oxides which transmit heat and reflect light
- This integrated lamp design is referred to as an "MR16 which means Miniature Reflector, 16 eighths of an inch in diameter
- MR11 types are smaller at 11 eighths of an inch in diameter
- A glass cover on the front of the lamp provides protection from ultra violet (UV) radiation
G9 and GU10 Halogen Lamps
G9
- Mains voltage, small (51mm) halogen capsule lamp with G9 base
- Integral UV filter and dimmable
GU10
- Mains voltage, aluminium reflector quartz halogen lamp with GU10 base
- Similar in appearance to a low voltage halogen dichroic lamp
- Integral UV filter and dimmable
Strengths
- Instant on
- Instant full light output
- Whiter light than incandescent
- Excellent colour rendering
- Longer life
- Compact size for designer type fittings
- Dimmabl
Weaknesses
- Certain types require a transformer - adding cost
- Heat generated
- Care required with quartz glass
- Higher cost of lamp
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