T-862 Infrared rework station - lamp replacement

[sicco]

This was going to happen, and Murphy made it happen just when i needed it… The 100W 12V halogen lamp in my T-862 stopped shining. Looked inside, searched the web, saw various offerings for replacement units, ended up ordering via Alibaba, ~50 EUR ish, but now have to wait till new year i fear. So looked again and noticed that the lamp bulb inside the gold-ish collimating reflector is a fairly standard 12V 100W halogen bulb that resembles the ~1 EUR GY6.35 Schiefer or Philips 100W/12V projector (or car headlight?) bulbs.

I pulled out my blown bulb, and that came out of some foam chalk ish potting compound - quite easily.

My question: anyone else managed to successfully replace just the inner bulb?

And: what’s the right mounting position for the fan - is it with the text label facing up, or down?

[sicco]

It worked for me.

Philips Capsuleline 100W 1850 Lumen 4000h clear halogen bulb.
Slightly shorter pins, but fitted nicely in the original reflector despite losing / pulverizing some of the potting compound.
6 EUR instead of 50-100 EUR for the thing with the collimator reflector...