Chinese heat lamps - fail!

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LAllenLighting
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Chinese heat lamps - fail!

Postby LAllenLighting » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:12 pm

They just look like oversized mushroom lamps!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203125673302
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Oliver
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Re: Chinese heat lamps - fail!

Postby Oliver » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:45 pm

I have never seen these used to keep food warm. Normally an IR Quartz Heat Bulb is used.
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FrontSideBus
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Re: Chinese heat lamps - fail!

Postby FrontSideBus » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:27 pm

I've seen ceramic ones that plug into normal lampholders.
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BC5-80
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Re: Chinese heat lamps - fail!

Postby BC5-80 » Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:26 pm

They look highly irregular - missing their reflective coating. I bet they're not fused either.
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Ash
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Re: Chinese heat lamps - fail!

Postby Ash » Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:46 pm

We have some display cases (for lack of more precise description) in college cafeteria, that indeed use 3x E27 heat lamps of this shape. They are probably 10..15ish years old. The lamps in them are with Al reflector, Red glass, and the filament is in the correct position vs. the reflector. Probably Helios reptile lamps
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