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| coppice:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:26:38 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 07:18:09 pm --- --- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:14:18 pm ---I would like to see their list of exemptions. "Mains voltage Halogen capsules with G9 cap" - that'd be my oven. There is no alternative to a halogen in there. --- End quote --- Oven lamps need to be special high temperature versions of a G9 lamp. Hopefully the full version of the new regulations allows for these. I think their full base type may actually have a suffix after the G9, so they might be in the clear based on that. --- End quote --- There's no difference in the base. There's almost no difference in the lamp - slightly improved lifetime from the 'special' version, don't actually have to use them, especially as they cost five times as much and you're more likely to get the cover off if you have to change it more often.. --- End quote --- When I've tried using ordinary bulbs in ovens the base gunge has melted and let the lamp fall apart. |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 07:31:44 pm --- --- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:26:38 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 07:18:09 pm --- --- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:14:18 pm ---I would like to see their list of exemptions. "Mains voltage Halogen capsules with G9 cap" - that'd be my oven. There is no alternative to a halogen in there. --- End quote --- Oven lamps need to be special high temperature versions of a G9 lamp. Hopefully the full version of the new regulations allows for these. I think their full base type may actually have a suffix after the G9, so they might be in the clear based on that. --- End quote --- There's no difference in the base. There's almost no difference in the lamp - slightly improved lifetime from the 'special' version, don't actually have to use them, especially as they cost five times as much and you're more likely to get the cover off if you have to change it more often.. --- End quote --- When I've tried using ordinary bulbs in ovens the base gunge has melted and let the lamp fall apart. --- End quote --- What gunge? A G9 is wire, quartz, and some gas. It's a capsule, not a screw lamp. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:36:52 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 07:31:44 pm ---When I've tried using ordinary bulbs in ovens the base gunge has melted and let the lamp fall apart. --- End quote --- What gunge? A G9 is wire, quartz, and some gas. It's a capsule, not a screw lamp. --- End quote --- Oh, sorry, I confused the lamp types. Is there even a high temperature version of a G9 bulb? |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 08:52:32 pm --- --- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 07:36:52 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on June 10, 2021, 07:31:44 pm ---When I've tried using ordinary bulbs in ovens the base gunge has melted and let the lamp fall apart. --- End quote --- What gunge? A G9 is wire, quartz, and some gas. It's a capsule, not a screw lamp. --- End quote --- Oh, sorry, I confused the lamp types. Is there even a high temperature version of a G9 bulb? --- End quote --- The usual suspects sell specific versions for ovens - the gist of it seems to be a slightly different gas mix to improve life at the higher temperatures. I'm getting a couple years out of generic ones at a fifth the price, so they seem unworthy. That's giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming there actually is a difference.. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on June 10, 2021, 08:53:57 pm ---The usual suspects sell specific versions for ovens - the gist of it seems to be a slightly different gas mix to improve life at the higher temperatures. I'm getting a couple years out of generic ones at a fifth the price, so they seem unworthy. --- End quote --- Lamps in modern ovens seem to fail quite quickly, even when you use the right bulbs. They used to last 10 years or more. I think they are moving the bulbs further into the oven and cooking them more. Even so, most ovens are still poorly lit. |
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